Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit June 7, 2002, No. 01-3370 (Gaines v. Stenseng)

LUCERO, Circuit Judge.

Michael L. Gaines, a Kansas state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. The district court determined that Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472, 484, 115 S.Ct. 2293, 132 L.Ed.