1. Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment forbids the government from depriving individuals of personal property by applying a policy that serves no legitimate governmental purpose.

2. Whether a plaintiff may seek relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for such a deprivation without first exhausting state post-deprivation remedies, when the deprivation results from an official and deliberate policy rather than a random or unauthorized act.

Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment forbids the government from depriving individuals of personal property by applying a policy that serves no legitimate governmental purpose; Whether a plaintiff may seek relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for such a deprivation without first exhausting state post-deprivation remedies