DAHLER v. U.S.

No. 05-4782.

473 F.3d 769 (2007)

David S. DAHLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America and Federal Bureau of Prisons, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 12, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Dahler, Oxford, WI, pro se.

Steven Pray O'Connor, Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, MANION, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

David Dahler, a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Institution in Oxford, Wisconsin, claims that Bureau of Prisons officials lost several pieces of his property after detaining the items in a "shakedown." He sued the government under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), to recover the value of those items. The district court concluded that the government was immune from his suit. We reverse.

At issue in this appeal is whether...

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