Joan Najbar, mother of U.S. soldier Sam Eininger, who has protested the war, wrote a letter to her son stationed in Iraq. Joan’s letter came back marked “deceased”. Rightfully so, Najbar filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Services in 2008 for emotional distress and negligence. The suit was denied twice. Najbar never even received an apology.

The government’s response to her lawsuit has not yet been filed, but the U.S. Postal Service found no evidence of negligence after Najbar filed a claim in 2008.

Her attorney says he is investigating whether Najbar’s anti-war protest on the steps of a Duluth post office days before the letter was returned had anything to do with the stamp.