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Facts

• The Defendant appealed from a district court order that dismissed her appeal from magistrate court. The district court had granted the State's motion to dismiss without providing the Defendant sufficient time to respond to the motion.

Procedural History

• Appeal from the District Court of Doña Ana County: The district court dismissed the Defendant's appeal from magistrate court.

Parties' Submissions

• Defendant-Appellant: Argued that the district court erred by dismissing her appeal without giving her sufficient time to respond to the State's motion to dismiss.
• Plaintiff-Appellee (State): Filed a response indicating that it does not oppose the proposed disposition to reverse the district court's dismissal of the Defendant's appeal.

Legal Issues

• Whether the district court erred by granting the State's motion to dismiss the Defendant's appeal without giving her sufficient time to respond.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals reversed the district court's order dismissing the Defendant's appeal and remanded the case to the district court for further proceedings.

Reasons

• Per JAMES J. WECHSLER, Judge (CELIA FOY CASTILLO, Chief Judge, and MICHAEL E. VIGIL, Judge, concurring): The Court of Appeals proposed to reverse the district court's decision because it found that the district court granted the State's motion to dismiss without giving the Defendant sufficient time to respond. The State did not oppose this proposed disposition. Therefore, the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the case for further proceedings, indicating a procedural error in the handling of the Defendant's appeal at the district court level.