DEVBROW v. GALLEGOS

No. 13-1627.

735 F.3d 584 (2013)

Eugene DEVBROW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Steven GALLEGOS and Jason Smiley, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 1, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Devbrow , Westville, IN, pro se.

Betsy M. Isenberg , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, SYKES, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

Eugene Devbrow, an Indiana prisoner, challenges the grant of summary judgment against him in this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 asserting that prison officials denied him access to the courts by confiscating and then destroying his legal papers in retaliation for a prior lawsuit he filed. Because Devbrow failed to show that prison officials actually destroyed his legal documents or took his papers for retaliatory reasons, we affirm.<...

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