Opinion ID: 2066033
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Heading: Walters I and II.

Text: Because the parties' arguments and the district court ruling involve the extension of Walters I and Walters II, we will briefly review those cases in turn. In Walters I, an inmate challenged the IDOC's withdrawal of his private funds (cash gifts from his father) to pay restitution. Walters I, 525 N.W.2d at 831. We determined an inmate has a protected property interest in his prison account and cannot be deprived of his private funds without due process. Id. at 831-32; see U.S. Const. amend. XIV. We stated that, while an inmate is compelled to pay restitution and section 904.702 specifically authorizes deductions from prison allowances, the legislature did not authorize blanket postrestitution-plan deduction[s] from nonwage assets. Walters I, 525 N.W.2d at 832. Although finding a postdeprivation hearing was not adequate to satisfy due process, we instructed that prison officials must merely notify the prisoner of the assessment against outside sources, permit time for objection, and consider the objections in forming the new restitution plan. Id. at 833. In Walters II the inmate sought the return of his funds seized by the IDOC prior to the Walters I ruling. Walters II, 554 N.W.2d at 531. We ruled any funds seized without a predeprivation hearing must be returned. Id. To allow otherwise would result in a de facto postdeprivation hearing. Id.