· 5/11/1983
LePeck Construction Corp. v. United States
Citations
- 2 Cl. Ct. 470
- 31 Cont. Cas. Fed. 71,174
- 1983 U.S. Claims LEXIS 1749
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- noting that state has adequate post-deprivation remedy for destruction of prisoner’s property
- not improper to reject an opinion presenting inconsistencies 6 between the opinion and the medical record
- an ALJ may discount a doctor’s opinion when it 6 is inconsistent with or unsupported by the doctor’s own clinical findings
- unauthorized destruction of non-contraband property during shakedowns fails to state a constitutional violation, plaintiff instead has an adequate remedy in the Illinois Court of Claims
- inmate had adequate post-deprivation remedy through the Illinois Court of Claims for lost and destroyed materials, including legal papers, confiscated during shakedown
- in summary judgment proceedings, district courts may consider an undisputed fact in a party’s statement of facts only if it is also supported by record evidence
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Judges: Wood
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