In Re Mark Scarpino, Debtor. Marine Midland Bank v. Mark Scarpino, Debtor-Appellee

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal turns on whether New York law, under which an unsatisfied money judgment automatically becomes a hen on real property thereafter acquired by the judgment debtor in the county in which the judgment has been docketed, see, e.g., Hulbert v. Hulbert, 216 N.Y. 430, 111 N.E. 70 (1916) (“Hulbert”); N.Y.C.P.L.R. 5203 Practice Commentaries, leaves a temporal interval between the acquisition of the property and the attachment of the lien. Marine Midland Bank (“Marine Midland” or the “Bank”) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western…