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.

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

14 STEPHEN C. RONCA, CYNTHIA

MOTION TO DISMISS [35]

15 RONCA, and JOSEPH RONCA,

Defendants. 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.) Defendant Cynthia moves to dismiss on the grounds that the Government failed 26 to: (1) serve Cynthia in a timely manner; (2) state a claim; and (3) join the escrow 27 28 1 company under Rule 19. (See generally Mot. to Dismiss Compl. (“Mot.”), ECF 2 No. 35.)1 For the reasons that follow, the Court DENIES Defendant’s…