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Facts

• The Plaintiff, Joseph Carraro, appealed from a district court decision that excluded his witnesses and granted the Defendant, Shannon Robinson, a motion for summary judgment. The Plaintiff sought to challenge this decision, aiming to "start over with expert witnesses" and raised concerns about the fairness of the proceedings (para 2).

Procedural History

• District Court of Bernalillo County: Exclusion of Plaintiff’s witnesses and order granting Defendant’s motion for summary judgment.

Parties' Submissions

• Plaintiff: Argued that the district court's decision to exclude his witnesses and grant summary judgment to the Defendant was erroneous. He sought to restart the process with expert witnesses and complained about the general unfairness of the proceedings (para 2).
• Defendant: [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

• Whether the district court erred in excluding the Plaintiff's witnesses.
• Whether the district court erred in granting the Defendant's motion for summary judgment.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's decision to exclude Plaintiff’s witnesses and the order granting Defendant’s motion for summary judgment. The Court also denied Plaintiff’s motion to consider deadline extension for filing expert witnesses (para 1).

Reasons

• Per Bogardus, J., with Medina, J., and Baca, J., concurring: The Court found that the Plaintiff did not adequately address the issues listed in the docketing statement nor did he clarify matters for which the Court sought explanation. The Plaintiff's memorandum was deemed unresponsive to the points raised and failed to demonstrate error in the Court's proposed analysis and disposition. The Court highlighted that self-represented litigants are held to the same standards as members of the bar and that the Plaintiff's failure to specifically point out errors of law and fact, as well as the unintelligibility of parts of his brief, did not fulfill his burden as the appellant. Consequently, the Court affirmed the district court's decision for the reasons stated in their notice of proposed disposition, emphasizing the appellant's responsibility to clearly point out errors in fact or law when opposing a proposed disposition (paras 1-3).