New Mexico Court of Appeals, 2009

Sysco Food Servs. v. RMT Enters

Sysco Food Servs. v. RMT Enters
New Mexico Court of Appeals · Decided December 2, 2009

Sysco Food Servs. v. RMT Enters

Opinion

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6 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO SYSCO FOOD SERVICES OF NEW MEXICO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, 10 Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NO. 29,626 RMT ENTERPRISES, INC., a New Mexico corporation d/b/a Balloon Fiesta - Chili Willie’s and TOM CONTRERAS, 16 Defendants-Appellants.

17 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BERNALILLO COUNTY Valerie A. Huling, District Judge Spann, Hyer, Hollowwa & Artley James A. Artley Albuquerque, NM for Appellee Tom Contreras Albuquerque, NM Pro Se Appellant 1 MEMORANDUM OPINION WECHSLER, Judge.

3 Defendants are appealing from a district court default judgment. The default judgment was entered on May 27, 2009. [RP 31] Defendants did not file a motion to set aside the default judgment pursuant to Rule 1-055(C) NMRA. Instead, Defendants filed a notice of appeal on June 1, 2009. [RP 34] However, motions to set aside a default judgment must be made in the first instance with the district court, and rulings on these motions are thereafter reviewed by the appellate courts for an abuse of discretion. See generally Springer Corp. v. Herrera, 85 N.M. 201, 202, 510 P.2d 10 1072, 1073 (1973), overruled on other grounds by Sunwest Bank of Albuquerque v. Roderiguez, 108 N.M. 211, 214, 770 P.2d 533, 536 (1989). Because Defendants did not file a motion in the district court to set aside the default judgment, we have no factual basis to reach their claim. Matters not of record cannot be reviewed on appeal.

14 See State v. Martin, 101 N.M. 595, 603, 686 P.2d 937, 945 (1984). Accordingly, our calendar notice proposed to remand to the district court to consider the merits of Defendants’ attempt to set aside the default judgment and to dismiss the appeal. No memorandum in opposition has been filed, and the time for doing so has expired. See Rule 12-210(D)(3) NMRA. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal and remand this

1 matter to the district court.

2 IT IS SO ORDERED.

3 _______________________________ 4 JAMES J. WECHSLER, Judge WE CONCUR:

6 _________________________________ MICHAEL D. BUSTAMANTE, Judge

8 _________________________________ RODERICK T. KENNEDY, Judge

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