McIntyre v. Portee

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

George McIntyre, a South Carolina prisoner, brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) action, alleging negligent loss of his personal property. He sought damages and named various employees of the South Carolina Department of Corrections as defendants. The district court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment and McIntyre appeals. We affirm.

*567In October 1980, McIntyre was involved in an altercation with another inmate at the Walden Correctional Institution. Pending the resolution of the resulting disciplinary charges, McIntyre was temporarily transferred to…