Kanayama v. Kesy, LLC

How courts have described this case

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• ruling that negligence does not amount to a “deprivation” implicating due process
• superseding contrary holdings by this court, see, e.g., Bonner v. Coughlin, 545 F.2d 565, 567 (7th Cir.1976) (en banc); Beard v. Mitchell, 604 F.2d 485, 494 (7th Cir.1979)
• describing elements of official capacity 2 lawsuit under Section 1983 and the nature of causation for a policy-related claim 3 against state officials
• requiring plaintiff seeking § 1983 relief to prove conduct complained of was committed by person acting under color of state law and that conduct deprived person of constitutional right
• applying rule where state employee negligently lost prisoner’s 10 hobby kit
• no due process claim stated for negligent loss of prison inmate’s property where state tort claims remedy available

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).