Q: Do I have claim/legal recourse against state for theft of personal belongings?
A stupid act in 2011 led to an overnight in the ACI prior to court. As part of their committing procedure, all my jewelry ( retail value at the time approx. 30k) & belongings were put into an 8 x 11 mailer to which I affixed my name an address. This was put into a box to be picked up by a mail officer: no tracking, & told I could not have items picked up. The package never made it to my rural home. An investigation by the USPS led no where, no tracking. An ACI " investigation" stated it was mailed out & gave me date and stated address. Recently found out: officer who worked in committing while I was there fired for theft ,tracking now required on packages, & that per ACI regulation, I should have been offered pick up: my belongs valued over $300. I recently contacted PI, stated my address would have been "unavailable" due to its rural route & that I would had to use another address & per internal system package "left" 14 days after my night there: different date than I was given
A: It's not likely you will be able to have a good chance for recourse six years after the fact.
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