MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

F. KEITH BALL, Magistrate Judge.

This is an action filed by a state inmate pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The only remaining defendant is Christopher Epps, Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Presently before the Court are the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment. Having considered the motions, the Court concludes that Defendant Epps's motion should be granted, Plaintiff's motion should be denied, and this matter should be dismissed with prejudice.

Plaintiff is serving a sentence for sale of amphetamines. He alleges in this action that Defendant Epps's incorrect interpretation of Mississippi's parole statute, Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-3 (2011), has resulted in his being wrongfully denied parole eligibility. This allegation fails to state a claim for relief under § 1983. It is well-established that Mississippi's parole statute creates no constitutionally protected liberty interest in parole. Irving v. Thigpen, 732 F.2d 1215, 1217-18 (5th Cir. 1984). And where a prisoner has no liberty interest in parole, he likewise has no constitutionally-protected interest in his parole classification or eligibility. See Jones v. Stringfellow, 86 Fed. Appx. 5 (5th Cir. 2003). Because Plaintiff has failed to allege the violation of a right secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States, he has failed to state a claim under § 1983. See Bell Tel., LP v. City of Houston, 529 F.3d 257, 260 (5th Cir. 2008).

Accordingly, Defendant Epps's motion for summary judgment is hereby granted, and Plaintiff's motion is denied. The complaint will be dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) and will count as a "strike."1 A separate judgment to this effect will be entered in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 58.

IT IS SO ORDERED.