Does the Fourth Amendment protect an inmate from seizure and destruction of his property?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Lemus v. Kings Cnty. Sheriff Office/Jail, Case No. 1:15-cv-01392-LJO-JLT (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2016):
papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures -- without warrants that are based on probable cause. "[T]he fourth amendment does not protect an inmate from the seizure and destruction of his property." Taylor v. Knapp, 871 F.2d 803, 806 (9th Cir. 1989) (emphasis added). "This does not mean a prisoner is without redress; it simply means a prisoner's form of redress is through the fifth and fourteenth amendments." Id.
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