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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

NORTHERN DIVISION

STEVE S. BADER 

ADC #96787 PLAINTIFF 

v. Case No. 1:15-cv-00018-KGB-BD 

RUSH, et al. DEFENDANTS 

ORDER

The Court has received the Recommended Disposition (“Recommendation”) filed by 

Magistrate Judge Beth Deere (Dkt. No. 13). After careful review of the Recommendation, Mr. 

Bader’s objections (Dkt. Nos. 14, 16), as well as a de novo review of the record, the Court 

concludes that the Recommendation should be, and hereby is, approved and adopted as this 

Court’s findings in all respects. 

The Court writes separately to address Mr. Bader’s objections. Mr. Bader cites Bonner v. 

Coughlin, 517 F.3d 1311 (7th Cir. 1975), which is not controlling on this Court. Moreover, 

Bonner’s holding regarding the Fourth Amendment’s application to searches of prisoner’s cells 

has been abrogated by the Supreme Court. See Hudson v. Palmer, 468 U.S. 517, 529 (1984) 

(concluding that “prisoners have no legitimate expectation of privacy and that the Fourth 

Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable searches does not apply in prison cells”). Bonner

also is consistent with Judge Deere’s dismissal of Mr. Bader’s loss of personal property claim. 

See Bonner, 517 F.2d at 1320 (“[W]e are persuaded that the availability of traditional and 

adequate state procedures for the redress of ordinary property damage tort claims forestalls the 

conclusion that there has been any deprivation of plaintiff’s property without due process of law 

within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment.”). 

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Mr. Bader’s claims are dismissed without prejudice. His motions for summary judgment 

and motion to appoint counsel are denied as moot (Dkt. Nos. 9, 10, 15). 

SO ORDERED this the 21st day of May, 2015. 

________________________________ 

 KRISTINE G. BAKER 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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