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Facts

• The case involves an appeal from an on-record metropolitan court trial to the district court. The appellants failed to request a recording of the metropolitan court proceedings, which resulted in the district court dismissing their appeal due to the lack of an adequate record for review (para 2).

Procedural History

• [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Plaintiff-Appellee: Supported the proposed summary disposition to affirm the district court's dismissal of the appeal due to the absence of a recording of the metropolitan court proceedings, which was necessary for review (para 1).
• Defendants-Appellants: Opposed the proposed summary disposition and sought to present additional arguments on the merits to the Court of Appeals, despite the absence of a recording from the metropolitan court trial (para 4).

Legal Issues

• Whether the district court was correct in dismissing the appeal due to the absence of a recording of the metropolitan court proceedings, which was necessary for review.

Disposition

• The appeal following the dismissal of the defendants' appeal to the district court was affirmed (para 5).

Reasons

• The decision was made by a panel consisting of Chief Judge J. Miles Hanisee, Judge Megan P. Duffy, and Judge Briana H. Zamora, who concurred in the opinion. The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's dismissal of the appeal, emphasizing that the appellants' failure to request a recording of the metropolitan court proceedings left the district court without a means to review the case. The Court of Appeals reiterated that it is not a fact-finding entity and cannot entertain additional arguments on the merits or consider matters not of record. The decision was based on established principles that an adequate record is necessary to review issues raised on appeal and that appellate courts do not reweigh evidence or substitute their judgment for that of the trial court (paras 2-5).