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Facts

• The State of New Mexico initiated legal action against Stefan Varela, which led to the district court's decision to dismiss the case with prejudice due to the State's failure to prosecute. The State's appeal focused on contesting preliminary evidentiary rulings made by the district court based on the proffered material in the State's motion in limine (para 1).

Procedural History

• District Court of Colfax County: Dismissed the case with prejudice for failure to prosecute.

Parties' Submissions

• Plaintiff-Appellant (State of New Mexico): Argued that the district court erred in its preliminary evidentiary rulings based on the proffered material in the State's motion in limine (para 1).
• Defendant-Appellee (Stefan Varela): [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

• Whether the district court erred in its preliminary evidentiary rulings based on the proffered material in the State's motion in limine.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's decision to dismiss the case with prejudice for failure to prosecute (para 2).

Reasons

• Per Ives, J., concurred by Henderson, J., and Yohalem, J.: The Court of Appeals decided to affirm the district court's decision based on the reasoning contained in their notice of proposed disposition. The State did not challenge the dismissal of the case for failure to prosecute and announced it would not file a memorandum in opposition to the Court of Appeals' notice of proposed disposition (paras 1-2).