Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 2020

Flager, J. v. Templin, F.

Flager, J. v. Templin, F.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Decided July 9, 2020

Flager, J. v. Templin, F.

Opinion

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NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37 JOHN FLAGLER : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF : PENNSYLVANIA : v. : : : FRANCIS TEMPLIN : : Appellant : No. 1988 MDA 2019

Appeal from the Order Entered October 31, 2019, in the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County, Civil Division at No(s): 18 19731.

BEFORE: KUNSELMAN, J., KING, J., and STEVENS, P.J.E.* MEMORANDUM BY KUNSELMAN, J.: FILED JULY 09, 2020 Francis Templin appeals pro se from the order denying his emergency motion for recovery and return of property pending appeal. Upon review, we vacate the trial court’s order and remand for further proceedings.

This matter arises out of the enforcement of John Flagler’s money judgment against Templin obtained from a Berks County magisterial district judge in the amount of $12,203.15. We note that Templin has another appeal currently pending before this Court, 832 MDA 2019, arising out of the same judgment and enforcement proceedings (Templin II). In deciding that appeal, we summarized the pertinent facts and convoluted procedural history of this case. Briefly, for purposes of considering this appeal (Templin III), we note that, following Templin’s filing of the appeal at 832 MDA 2019 ____________________________________________

* Former Justice specially assigned to the Superior Court.

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(Templin II), Templin filed an emergency motion for the recovery and return of property pending appeal on October 23, 2019. In this motion, Templin claimed that the underlying judgment was on appeal to this Court at 1631 EDA 2019 (Templin I) and would result in the judgment being stricken. He additionally claimed that there were various defects in the enforcement proceedings which was the subject of the appeal to this Court at 832 EDA 2019 (Templin II). Thus, according to Templin, his property should be returned to the sheriff. The trial court denied this motion on October 27, 2019 (order filed October 31, 2019). Templin filed this timely appeal.

On appeal Templin raises seventeen issues/points of contention. As with Templin’s prior appeal, essentially, these issues relate to the validity of the underlying MDJ judgment and the propriety of the enforcement proceedings for that judgment. We again rephrase the pertinent issues as follows: 1. Whether the MDJ money judgment, which was the basis for the writs of execution and subsequent sheriff’s sale of Templin’s property, is a valid judgment?

2. Whether the sheriff’s sale of Templin’s property should be set aside?

See Templin’s Brief at 2.

As these issues were discussed fully in our memorandum at 832 MDA 2019 (Templin II), decided this same date, no further discussion is warranted. Consequently, for the reasons discussed therein, we likewise vacate the trial court’s order denying Templin’s emergency motion and remand for further proceedings.

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Order vacated and remanded for further proceedings. Jurisdiction relinquished.

Judgment Entered.

Joseph D. Seletyn, Esq.

Prothonotary

Date: 07/09/2020

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