Templin v. Weisgram

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Geraldine Templin filed suit in state court, seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) and an injunction preventing the trustee of a failed bank and the FDIC in its corporate capacity (collectively, the FDIC) from conducting a foreclosure sale of Templin’s alleged homestead. After the state court granted the TRO, the FDIC removed to federal court and filed a motion for summary judgment, which the district court granted. We affirm.

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The relevant facts are not in dispute. In 1985, Templin’s then-husband, Billy Bob Biggs, was encountering certain…