BONNER v. COUGHLIN

No. 74-1422.

517 F.2d 1311 (1975)

Alonzo BONNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph COUGHLIN et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth N. Flaxman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Jayne A. Carr, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, and STEVENS and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.


STEVENS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant contends that his constitutionally protected interest in privacy and property were violated by a "shake-down" search of his prison cell which resulted in the loss of his trial transcript. He asserts a federal right to recover damages on three different theories: (1) that the transcript was taken during the conduct of a search which violated the Fourth Amendment; (2) that the taking of the transcript was a deprivation of property prohibited...

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