Legal Opinion
Luis Mora v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 22, 1992No. 318, Docket 91-2225PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
This appeal asks what happens when personal property taken from an arrested person by the government turns out to be missing. Perhaps taking the adage that “no one can lose that which he never had” the government turns it into “no one can return that which he has lost,” and argues that it cannot therefore be called upon to return the prisoner’s property. Of course, what is lost is gone, but that circumstance does not answer the question of what should happen if that loss is a result of the government’s lack of care.
Luis Mora, pro se and in forma pauper-is, appeals…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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