THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Respondent, v. Norman D. Lowery, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2015-002253

Appeal From York County S. Jackson Kimball, III, Master-in-Equity

Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-227 Submitted April 1, 2018 – Filed June 6, 2018

APPEAL DISMISSED

Norman D. Lowery, of Clover, pro se.

Robert A. Muckenfuss and Trent M. Grissom, both of McGuireWoods LLP, of Charlotte, North Carolina; and Andrew William Montgomery, of Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC, of Columbia, all for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Dismissed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: Winesett v. Winesett, 287 S.C. 332, 334, 338 S.E.2d 340, 341 (1985) ("[A] default judgment may not be appealed to this [c]ourt."); id. ("The proper procedure for challenging a default judgment is to move the [Master-in-Equity] to set aside the judgment pursuant to Rule 60(b), SCRCP. An appeal may then be taken from the denial of this motion.").

APPEAL DISMISSED.1 SHORT, THOMAS, and HILL, JJ., concur.

We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.