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Facts

• The case involves the State of New Mexico as the plaintiff-appellee and Emerson Joe, also known as Ni’i Ne’e, as the defendant-appellant. The specific events leading to the appeal are not detailed in the provided text.

Procedural History

• Appeal from the District Court of Bernalillo County, Charles W. Brown, District Judge, January 20, 2016: [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Plaintiff-Appellee: The State of New Mexico, represented by Hector Balderas, Attorney General. The specific arguments made by the plaintiff-appellee are not detailed in the provided text.
• Defendant-Appellant: Emerson Joe, representing himself pro se. The specific arguments made by the defendant-appellant are not detailed in the provided text.

Legal Issues

• (N/A)

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals of New Mexico proposed summary dismissal for reasons stated in a notice of proposed summary disposition. No memorandum opposing summary dismissal was filed, and the time for doing so expired. The appeal was dismissed (para 1).

Reasons

• Per Michael E. Vigil, Chief Judge (Jonathan B. Sutin, Judge and Linda M. Vanzi, Judge concurring):
  The decision to dismiss the appeal was based on the absence of any memorandum opposing the proposed summary dismissal filed by the defendant-appellant, Emerson Joe. After the time for filing such a memorandum had expired, the court proceeded with the dismissal of the appeal (para 1).