HADLEY-MEMORIAL HOSP. v. KYNARD

No. CIV. A. 97-0576(JR).

981 F.Supp. 690 (1997)

HADLEY-MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Plaintiff, v. Willa M. KYNARD, Defendant, and Department of Defense, Garnishee.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

October 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce H. Cherkis, Wolpoff & Abramson, L.L.P., Bethesda, MD, for Plaintiff.

W. Mark Nebeker, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, DC, for Garnishee Dept. of Defense.

Willia Kynard, Washington, DC, pro se.


MEMORANDUM

ROBERTSON, District Judge.

This case raises an important question about the interplay between D.C. garnishment law and a new federal statutory provision, 5 U.S.C. § 5520a(j)(2) (1996), that allows the government to exact fees for the administration of garnishment.

Because of the procedural posture in which the question arises, however, it is first necessary to address an unusual jurisdictional issue.

Jurisdiction...

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