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THORNTON v. REDMAN

Civ. A. Nos. 76-378 and 76-380.

435 F.Supp. 876 (1977)

Byron H. THORNTON, Plaintiff, v. Walter W. REDMAN, Paul Keve, George M. Pippin, and Robert Snyder, Defendants. George E. WHITE, Plaintiff, v. Walter REDMAN, George Pippin and Lomount Snyder, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

August 17, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Plaintiffs, pro se.

John A. Parkins, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Wilmington, Delaware, for defendants.

STAPLETON, District Judge:

In September 1976, two shakedown searches were carried out at the Delaware Correctional Center (hereinafter referred to as "DCC" or "the Institution"), a maximum security prison at Smyrna, Delaware. In the two suits brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 now before me,1 inmates seek the return of certain personal property seized from them during the shakedowns. Trials on the disputed issues of fact were held...

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