BERBERIAN

v.

RHODE ISLAND

Citator

Cited By

• Bonner v. Coughlin, 517 F.2d 1311 (7th Cir. 1975)
  …le cause, a warrant, or the prisoner’s consent, the guards’ good faith compliance with a regulation authorizing such searches is simply irrelevant. . A claim for $3.52, Weddle v. Director, Patuxent Institution, 436 F. 2d 342 (4th Cir. 1970), rev’d, 405 U.S. 1036, 92 S.Ct. 1318, 31 L.Ed.2d 577, or for seven packages of cigarettes, Russell v. Bodner, 489 F. 2d 280 (3rd Cir. 1973), is apparently sufficient. As Bonner notes, the mere difficulty in valuing the loss cannot serve to deny the right of recovery. Sto…
• Hansen v. MAY, 502 F.2d 728 (9th Cir. 1974)
  …ort this contention. To the contrary, the Supreme Court cited Lynch in vacating and remanding an action in which a state prisoner had attempted to seek the return of personal property taken by two custodial officers. Weddle v. Dir., Patuxent Insti., 405 U.S. 1036, 92 S.Ct. 1318, 31 L.Ed.2d 577 (1972). See also Montana v. Harrelson, 469 F. 2d 1091 (5th Cir. 1972). The warden also argues that even if a state prisoner’s claim of property loss is cognizable in a civil rights action, May’s petition was yet insuf…
• Montana v. Lan E. Harrelson, 469 F.2d 1091 (5th Cir. 1972)
  …tion 1983 action. The Supreme Court then granted certiorari in Weddle v. Director, Patux-ent Institution, 436 F. 2d 342 (4th Cir. 1970), and vacated and remanded the dismissal for lack of jurisdiction for further consideration in the light of Lynch, 405 U.S. 1036, 92 S.Ct. 1113, 31 L.Ed.2d 424 (1972). The Weddle case, similar to the one at bar, involved a suit for personal property valued at $3.52. The order of dismissal is vacated and the case is remanded to the district court for reconsideration of the ju…