U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2006

Collins v. Lubbock Police Department

Collins v. Lubbock Police Department
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided July 24, 2006 · Garwood, Clement, Prado
191 F. App'x 312

Collins v. Lubbock Police Department

Opinion

PER CURIAM: *

Bennie L. Collins, Texas prisoner # 1316764, appeals the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit as frivolous and for failure to state a claim under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2)(B), 1915A. The district court dismissed the complaint on the basis that, pursuant to Parrott v. Taylor, 451 U.S. 527, 101 S.Ct. 1908, 68 L.Ed.2d 420 (1981), and Hudson v. Palmer, 468 U.S. 517, 104 S.Ct. 3194, 82 L.Ed.2d 393 (1984), a section 1983 claim may not be brought for the random and unauthorized confiscation of property by a state actor if the state provides an adequate post-deprivation remedy. However, in light of Davis v. Bayless, 70 F.3d 367, 375 (5th Cir. 1995), we are constrained to conclude that the district court erred. Collins’s contention that his money (cash) was confiscated when he was pulled over and arrested set forth, albeit obliquely and inartfully, a Fourth Amendment substantive due process claim rather than a procedural due process claim that would be barred by Parratt/Hudson. See id. See also Augustine v. Doe, 740 F.2d 322, 325-27 (5th Cir. 1984).

We express no opinion on the ultimate merits of Collins’ claim or whether there may be some other appropriate basis to dismiss Collins’s suit under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e) or 1915A.

VACATED and REMANDED.

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Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5 the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.

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