Catenacci v. State

Claimant, Kenneth J. Catenacci, an inmate of an Illinois penal institution, seeks an award of $98.70 for the loss of a Panasonic stereo radio and tape player from his cell at the Stateville Correctional Center. Claimants, Elmer Karnuth and Lillian Karnuth, seek an award of $106.93 for a cassette player, headphones, and cassettes purchased by them for Claimant Catenacci while he was an inmate at Stateville Correctional Center, but never delivered to him.

The State did not offer any rebuttal to Claimants’ testimony, and the record establishes the following facts without dispute.

Claimant…