Bank of America, N.A. v. Martinson

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal turns on an issue of appellate jurisdiction. Based on our court’s decision in HSBC Bank USA, N.A. v. Townsend, 793 F.3d 771 (7th Cir. 2015), we conclude that the mortgage foreclosure judgment on appeal is not a final judgment so that the appeal must be dismissed.

Plaintiff Bank of America filed this suit in a Wisconsin state court in 2009 to foreclose a residential mortgage with an original principal balance of $489,000. The owners of the property, defendants Dawn Martinson Green and her husband Carl Green, are citizens of Minnesota and removed the case to…