A federal judge in Maryland has denied debtors’ attempts to vacate a $6.4 million garnishment order under the guise that the contract suit was outside of federal court jurisdiction due to the involvement of marijuana—an illegal substance.
U.S. District Judge Brendan A. Hurson for the District of Maryland denied Mackie Barch and Trellis Holdings’ motion to vacate the court’s charging order against Trellis’ membership interest in garnishee Culta, concluding that relief wasn’t warranted under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(4), because the charging order wasn’t void for lack of jurisdiction. Additionally, the debtors failed to show that extraordinary circumstances existed, according to Hurson’s March 5 decision.
