Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit January 22, 1992, 318, Docket 91-2225 (Luis Mora v. United States)

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.