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Facts

• Defendants Raquel Gonzales and Ernest Parson were involved in an eviction proceeding under the Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act. The plaintiff, Arroyo Del Oso Property Management (ADO), initiated the action which led to a magistrate court issuing a writ of restitution and a district court issuing a partial judgment for restitution against the defendants. The defendants appealed these orders, challenging the jurisdiction of the magistrate court, the propriety of the district court's judgment, the stay of eviction during the appeal, and alleging fraud or misrepresentation by ADO regarding the lease agreement.

Procedural History

• District Court of Valencia County: Issued a partial judgment for restitution against the defendants.

Parties' Submissions

• Defendants-Appellants: Argued that the magistrate court lacked jurisdiction for its writ of restitution due to the claimed damages exceeding the court's limit, contended the district court's partial judgment for restitution was erroneous, believed their appeal should have stayed the eviction, and claimed ADO committed fraud or misrepresented the lease agreement.
• Plaintiff-Appellee (ADO): [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

• Whether the magistrate court had jurisdiction to issue its writ of restitution.
• Whether the district court erred in issuing the partial judgment for restitution.
• Whether the defendants' appeal should have automatically stayed the execution of the writ issued by the district court.
• Whether ADO committed fraud or misrepresented a document to the court.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the magistrate court’s writ of restitution and the district court’s partial judgment for restitution.

Reasons

• Per Ives, J., with Wray, J., and Bustamante, J., retired, sitting by designation, concurring:
  The court found no evidence supporting the defendants' claim that the damages requested exceeded the magistrate court's jurisdictional limit (para 3).
  The defendants did not provide evidence supporting their reasons for not appearing at the hearing or their claim of an ownership interest in the property, which would negate the district court's judgment for restitution (para 4).
  The appeal from the district court did not automatically stay the eviction because the defendants did not meet the statutory requirements for such a stay (para 5).
  The court was not persuaded by the defendants' fraud or misrepresentation claim regarding the lease agreement, finding that even if the agreement was five pages as claimed by the defendants, it supported the court's determination that it was a lease (para 6).
  The court declined to address additional claims of error raised by the defendants due to insufficiently clear arguments (para 7).