United States v. Spitzer

MEMORANDUM

WEINFELD, District Judge.

The motion for leave to serve an amended complaint is granted. While no doubt the case thus far has. proceeded at a leaden-footed pace, the defendants are not without some responsibility for the delay; in any event, there is no sound reason for denying to the government the opportunity to assert its claims in an effort to obtain payment of the uncollected judgment. 1

The narrow interpretation of 31 U.S.C., section 192, urged by the defendants, to wit, that it imposes liability “only on the person who pays,” would in effect defeat the purpose of the statute.…