Tranter v. Stokes (In re Tranter)

OPINION

LAURENCE E. HOWARD, Chief Judge.

This matter comes before the court on defendants Rodney Stokes, Chief of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Real Estate Division, and Crystal N. Incorporated’s respective motions for summary judgment. In this adversary proceeding, debtor and plaintiff Devon Earl Tranter has asked the court to set aside the sale of certain real property that had been bid off to the State of Michigan for nonpayment of real property taxes and was subsequently sold to Crystal N. Incorporated. Defendants now move for summary judgment on the basis that the debtor…