Chopp Computer Corporation, Inc., a British Columbia Corporation v. United States of America Painewebber Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation

CANBY, Circuit Judge.

CHoPP Computer Corporation (CHoPP) appeals from the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the United States and PaineWebber Incorporated (PaineWebber), in CHoPP’s action for damages arising from an alleged wrongful levy of funds contained in a PaineWebber account. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

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Alex Laurins, a former investment promoter, controlled the PaineWebber. account. The competing claims to that account arose from separate actions that CHoPP and the United States had pursued against Laurins.

CHoPP sued Laurins and others in 1986,…