I was arrested on a Restraining Order I never knew existed. What damages do I seek?

Listen, I don't want people to get on here and answer "that's impossible." Just take the story at face value and give me a constructive answer so that I can move forward with some kind of recourse. Writing to me that the story isn't true doesn't help at all. And don't say the the marshall must've pasted the notice on a door or at my last known address, because that didn't happen either. The court file, as everyone has acknowledged: my attorney, the prosecutor and judge, contains no slip from the marshall showing he even attempted service. In other words, everyone screwed up. The entire process was rubber-stamped down the line. No one checked to see if indeed I had been made aware of the Restraining Order. They screwed up. After 8 months of wrangling in court, the prosecuter finally woke up, realized the error and dropped the charges. How do I demonstrate damages? If you don't know the answer to this question, don't chime in with "You must've been served." I need an answer.