Schaffer v. Steinert

The plaintiff, an inmate confined in Enfield Correctional Institute, alleges that on October 2,1984, during a routine shakedown of his cell, certain items of personal property were confiscated by the officers on duty as contraband.

The plaintiffs petition for a writ of habeas corpus does not challenge the rules which define his property as contraband, but alleges a violation of his civil rights. He seeks a return of his property or to have it sent to his mother or payment of damages in the alternative. The defendant filed a motion to quash the petition on the ground that the petition does not…