Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit August 30, 2007, 05-56642 (Paul Revere Insurance Group v. United States)

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GOULD, Circuit Judge:

In September 2005, Rex K DeGeorge (“DeGeorge”) recovered a civil judgment award for unpaid disability income. To help pay a previous restitution order that DeGeorge had not satisfied, the United States used California state law procedure to file, and then execute in federal court on, a judgment lien against this award.