Clay v. Weber

ZINTER, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Leander Clay, Kenneth Muetze, and James Smith (collectively referred to as Inmates) reside in the South Dakota State Penitentiary (SDSP). They brought this suit for declaratory judgment against prison administrators Douglas Weber, Tim Reisch, and Jeff Bloomberg (collectively referred to as Administrators). The suit arose as a result of the Inmates’ alleged: loss of personal property; diversion of money from their inmate accounts; removal of computers and word processors; and closing the law library. The circuit court granted summary judgment for the Administrators based…