District Court, D. Massachusetts March 14, 1994, Civ. A. No. 92-10587-WJS (Butler v. Baybank Middlesex)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR AWARD OF FEES AND COSTS AND THE UNITED STATES’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

SKINNER, Senior District Judge.

In this interpleader action, plaintiff Joseph Butler, the trustee of Priscilla Evans’ Chapter 7 bankruptcy estate, seeks a determina*485tion of the rights of the twelve defendants to surplus funds from the sale of estate property.