USA v. Sandwich Isles Communications, Inc.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 14 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, USA on No. 23-16054 behalf of RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, an agency of the Department of Agriculture, D.C. No. 1:18-cv-00145-JMS-RT Plaintiff-Appellee,

v. MEMORANDUM*

TAMASHIRO SOGI & BONNER, ALC,

Creditor-Appellant, v.

SANDWICH ISLES COMMUNICATIONS,

INC.; et al.,

Defendants, and

FIRST INSURANCE COMPANY OF

HAWAII, LTD., Garnishee,

Real-party-in-interest- Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaiʻi Rom Alex Trader, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Submitted June 12, 2024** Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

Before: CALLAHAN, HURWITZ, and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Tamashiro Sogi & Bonner (“TSB”), a law corporation, appeals from a

district court order overruling TSB’s objection to the government’s writ of

garnishment on the proceeds of a settlement (the “Settlement Fund”) in a…