Charles Edward Secret v. David Brierton

PELL, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment for the defendants, prison officials, in a prisoner’s suit based on 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff, a state prisoner incarcerated in the Stateville Correctional Center, Joliet, Illinois, filed this action alleging that his personal property was unlawfully confiscated from him without due process of law. Specifically, the plaintiff alleged that when he was transferred to Stateville, prison officials confiscated his AM — FM radio/cassette recorder, accompanying adaptor plug and AC power cord, and stereo headphones (hereinafter stero…