Hines v. United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) JOHN T. HINES, ) ) Plaintiff/Counterdefendant, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 08-0914 (PLF) ) UNITED STATES, et al., ) ) Defendants/Counterplaintiffs. ) ____________________________________) OPINION Plaintiff filed suit against defendants on the ground that levies attached by the Internal Revenue Service to his retirement benefits and other property were unlawful. The United States has since counterclaimed against plaintiff to reduce plaintiff’s allegedly unpaid taxes to a judgment and for a penalty…