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Facts

• The Plaintiff sought to establish the existence of an easement across the property of the Defendants. The case revolves around this dispute over property rights and the subsequent legal actions taken by both parties to assert their claims.

Procedural History

• [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Plaintiff: Asserted that the district court judge should have recused due to a lack of a constitutional, statutory, or ethical basis for not doing so. Additionally, claimed that Defendants did not establish facts necessary to their counterclaim and argued that the damages awarded on the counterclaim, as well as attorney fees, were excessive (amended MIO unnumbered pages 2-3, 8, 8-9, 6-7, 5, 4, 10-11).
• Defendants: [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

• Whether the district court judge should have recused himself from the case.
• Whether Defendants established facts necessary to their counterclaim.
• Whether the damages awarded on the counterclaim and attorney fees were excessive.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the final order entered by the district court, which presumably ruled against the Plaintiff's claims regarding the easement, the necessity of recusal by the district court judge, the establishment of facts for the Defendants' counterclaim, and the assessment of damages and attorney fees.

Reasons

• The Court of Appeals, consisting of Judges J. MILES HANISEE, JULIE J. VARGAS, and JENNIFER L. ATTREP, provided several reasons for affirming the district court's final order. The Plaintiff failed to assert any constitutional, statutory, or ethical basis for the recusal of the district court judge, leading the Appeals Court to find no abuse of discretion (para 2). Furthermore, the Plaintiff did not summarize any evidence relied upon by the district court regarding the existence or non-existence of an easement, nor did he provide a summary of the evidence before the district court when damages and attorney fees were calculated. This lack of evidence summary left the Appeals Court unable to review the district court's findings or to assess the sufficiency of evidence supporting the district court's decisions on the counterclaim, damages, and attorney fees (paras 3-6).