United States v. Steven Zinnel

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No.22-16128

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:21-mc-00098- v. TLN-AC

MICHAEL BRUMBAUGH,

Successor Trustee of The Castana OPINION Trust, Dated March 4, 2009, and Administrator of the Estate of David Zinnel,

Claimant-Appellee,

STEVEN ZINNEL,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Troy L. Nunley, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted May 14, 2025* San Francisco, California

* The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Filed June 9, 2025

Before: Carlos T. Bea and Ana de Alba, Circuit Judges, and Jeffrey Vincent Brown,** District Judge.

Opinion by Judge de Alba

SUMMARY***

Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act of 1990

The panel vacated the district court’s final order of garnishment in the government’s application for a writ of garnishment under the Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act of 1990 (FDCPA), seeking to seize…