SORRENTINO v. GODINEZ

No. 13-3421.

777 F.3d 410 (2015)

Joseph SORRENTINO and Labron C. Neal, on their own behalf and on behalf of all similarly situated people, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Salvador A. GODINEZ, Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 23, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raja Gaddipati , Katrina A. Hausfeld , Attorneys, DLA Piper U.S. LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Mary Ellen Welsh , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


Joseph Sorrentino and Labron C. Neal are inmates at Illinois's Stateville Correctional Center. They purchased several items from Stateville's commissary, but the prison later forbade inmates to possess those items in their cells. Sorrentino and Neal were among those whose property was removed, as the new rule required. They responded...

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