OPINION
WILLIAM HOUSTON BROWN, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judge.
The Chapter 7 trustee appeals the bankruptcy court's order granting summary judgment to Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A. ("Norwest") based on Ohio's lis pendens statute, Ohio Rev.Code § 2703.26. The bankruptcy court's order assumes that the Chapter 7 trustee could not obtain the status of a bona fide purchaser under Ohio law in order to avoid Norwest's mortgage under 11 U.S.C. § 544(a...
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