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Facts

• The case involves the Plaintiff, Rita West, who filed a complaint related to the circumstances surrounding her husband's death. The Defendants in the case are the Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners, Fire and Rescue Department

Procedural History

• [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Plaintiff-Appellant: The Plaintiff argued that there were various questions of fact relating to her husband's death that needed to be addressed.
• Defendants-Appellees: The submission of the Defendants-Appellees is not explicitly detailed in the decision.

Legal Issues

• Whether the Plaintiff’s complaint was sufficient, as a matter of law, to state a claim.

Disposition

• The complaint was properly dismissed.

Reasons

• VARGAS, Judge, ATTREP, Judge, and ZAMORA, Judge, concurring: The Court of Appeals, led by Judge Vargas with Judges Attrep and Zamora concurring, affirmed the dismissal of the Plaintiff's complaint. The decision was based on the determination that the Plaintiff's complaint did not sufficiently state a claim as a matter of law. Despite the Plaintiff's memorandum in opposition, which presented various questions of fact regarding her husband's death, the court found no basis to support a different outcome from the one reached by the district court. The appellate court's decision was in line with the reasons stated in their notice of proposed summary disposition, concluding that the complaint's dismissal was proper (paras 1-4).