Legal Opinion
Alonzo Bonner v. Joseph Coughlin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 18, 1976No. 74-1422PublishedCited by 176 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
The facts are fully stated in the panel opinion (517 F.2d 1311 (7th Cir. 1975)) and need not be restated in detail. The sole question before us en banc is whether Bonner may recover damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for the loss of a copy of his trial transcript because Illinois prison guards had negligently left his cell door open after a security search. Bonner asserts that this was a taking of his property without due process of law within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment and done under color of state law 1 so that it was actionable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 which…
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