Opinion
No. 09-30058 Summary Calendar.
September 22, 2009.
Troy Jennings, White Deer, PA, pro se.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, USDC No. 1:08-CV-1189.
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, CLEMENT and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
Troy Jennings, federal prisoner # 67949-053, appeals the district court's dismissal with prejudice of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition challenging his custodial classification in the Federal Correctional Institute in Pollock. Jennings contends that he was erroneously classified at a high security level.
An inmate lacks any constitutional interest in custodial classification, and his disagreement with his classification is insufficient to state a constitutional violation. Wilson v. Budney, 976 F.2d 957, 958 (5th Cir. 1992). Absent an abuse of discretion, federal courts will not interfere with prison officials' custodial classifications. Whitley v. Hunt, 158 F.3d 882, 889 (5th Cir. 1998), abrogated on other grounds by, Booth v. Churner, 532 U.S. 731, 735, 121 S.Ct. 1819, 149 L.Ed.2d 958 (2001). Jennings has not established that prison officials abused their discretion in the classification decision. See Whitley, 158 F.3d at 889.
Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. Jennings's motion for court-ordered discovery is DENIED.