MURRAY v. MURRAY

No. 76-1846.

558 F.2d 1340 (1977)

Wanda MURRAY, Appellant, v. Johnnie Lee MURRAY and United States of America, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 2, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Copaken, and Sylvia Copaken, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Irving Jaffe, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Bert C. Hurn, U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., and William Kanter and Frank A. Rosenfeld, Attys., Appellate Sec., Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before BRIGHT and HENLEY, Circuit Judges, and BENSON, Chief District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Wanda Murray appeals from a decision of the district court for the Western District of Missouri (Judge Collinson), granting summary judgment in favor of the United States, the garnishee in appellant Murray's garnishment action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 659 against her former husband. The sole issue on appeal is whether 42 U.S.C. § 659 authorizes the garnishment of wages payable by the United States in order to enforce a judgment for attorney...

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