Mealey's (December 6, 2018, 10:41 AM EST) -- GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge in Maryland on Dec. 3 dismissed a suit brought by the United States against the special administrator of a man’s estate seeking a judgment against him for past due taxes, holding that the special administrator is not a proper defendant because special administrators lack the authority to defend a lawsuit or litigate actions on behalf of an estate (United States v. Timothy O’ Brien, et al., No. PWG-17-1007, D. Md., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 203841)....