The following excerpt is from Shamburger v. Roy, 50 F.3d 16 (9th Cir. 1994):
An intentional deprivation of an inmate's property by state officials does not violate the due process clause if the state provides an adequate postdeprivation remedy, and the deprivation did not result from application of an established state procedure. Hudson v. Palmer, 468 U.S. 517, 531-33 (1984).
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