· 2/3/1988
Rawleigh C. Wilson v. The Civil Town of Clayton, Indiana
Citations
- 839 F.2d 375
- 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 1578
- 1988 WL 8016
How courts have described this case
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- holding that Indiana Tort Claims Act provides prisoners with adequate post-deprivation remedies for lost property
- upholding court's dismissal of due process claims against officers in their personal and official capacities because Indiana Tort Claims Act provided adequate remedy
- affirming the dismissal of a Monell claim against the County of Hendricks where the complaint failed to allege any acts of wrongdoing by the County of Hendricks or any of its commissioners
- finding pro se complaint failed to state various constitutional claims by failing to mention any phrases that might somehow invoke the provisions of the Constitution from which the claimed constitutional protections were derived
- affirming dismissal of procedural due process claims against Marshals after erroneous eviction
- “[O]nce the officials who have authority to make policy for the Town are identified, their actions pursuant to that policy are attributable to the Town.”
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Judges: Cummings, Wood, Coffey
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