Armstrong Cover Co. v. Whitfield

ORDER

O’KELLEY, District Judge.

In 1970, Congress created, “as an independent establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States, the United States Postal Service.” 39 U.S.C. § 201; 39 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. Among the powers and responsibilities which Congress bestowed upon its new creation was the power “to sue and be sued in its official name . . . 39 U.S.C. § 401(1). This lawsuit is an attempt on the plaintiff’s part to avail itself of this power.

The plaintiff, a judgment creditor of defendant Whitfield, is attempting to garnishee her employer, the Postal Service, in…