In Re Debra Martenson

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Debra Martenson, appeals 1 from an order of the district court 2 holding her in civil contempt for her refusal to answer deposition questions posed by the United States in a wrongful levy action under 26 U.S.C. § 7426(a)(1) (1982). The district court rejected appellant’s assertion that the marital privilege against adverse spousal testimony insulates her from compulsion to provide the requested testimony. We find that the privilege was not available to appellant and affirm the order of contempt.

This dispute centers around the government’s efforts to establish…