ALARCON, Circuit Judge:
White appeals from a district court order disallowing his claimed homestead exemption in federal bankruptcy proceedings.
In a divorce decree, an Oregon court awarded White's wife ownership of the family residence and, in return, awarded White a judgment lien against the property in the amount of $13,000. White later filed bankruptcy and claimed a homestead exemption in the value of that lien. The district court held that the lien was...
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