United States v. Stephen C. Ronca

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2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Case No. 2:17-cv-08044-ODW (FFMx) Plaintiff, v.

STEPHEN C. RONCA, CYNTHIA ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

14 RONCA, and JOSEPH RONCA, MOTIONS TO DISMISS [52, 55] 15 Defendants. 16 17 I. INTRODUCTION The United States of America (the “Government”) brings two claims against 20 Defendants Stephen Ronca (“Stephen”), Cynthia Ronca (“Cynthia”), and Joseph 21 Ronca (“Joseph”) (collectively, “Defendants”) under the Federal Debt Collection 22 Procedures Act, 28 U.S.C. § 3001, et seq. The Government files this civil action to 23 recover proceeds from the sale of real property on October 26, 2017 to satisfy a 24 restitution debt. (Compl. ¶ 1.) Defendants Stephen and Joseph move to dismiss on the grounds that the 26 Government failed to: (1) state a claim; and (2) join the escrow company under 27 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 19. (See generally Mot. to Dismiss Compl. 28 1 (“Stephen Mot.”), ECF No. 52.; Mot. to Dismiss Compl. …