New Mexico Court of Appeals, 2011

Kupcak v. Mosaic Potash Carlsbad

Kupcak v. Mosaic Potash Carlsbad
New Mexico Court of Appeals · Decided June 2, 2011

Kupcak v. Mosaic Potash Carlsbad

Opinion

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6 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO JACOB F. KUPCAK III and DEBRA S. KUPCAK, 9 Petitioners-Appellants, 10 vs. No. 31,103 MOSAIC POTASH CARLSBAD, INC., a New Mexico mining operation; MARSCHALL I. SMITH, individually, president, Mosaic Potash Carlsbad, Inc.; JIM PROKOPANKO, individually, CEO, Mosaic Potash Carlsbad, Inc.; WILLIAM BOYER, individually, general manager, Mosaic Potash Carlsbad Inc.; JOHN DOE/ JANE DOE, individually, company attorney; CARGILL PAYROLL DEPARTMENT; YVONNE NILSSON, individually, supervisor, Cargill Payroll Department; 23 Respondents-Appellees.

24 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF EDDY COUNTY Richard J. Brown, District Judge Jacob F. Kupcak, III Debra S. Kupcak Carlsbad, NM Pro Se Appellants Jose A. Howard-Gonzales El Paso, TX for Appellees 4 MEMORANDUM OPINION VANZI, Judge.

6 Petitioners appeal an order dismissing their complaint. In this Court’s notice of proposed summary disposition, we proposed to affirm. Petitioners have filed a memorandum in opposition, which we have duly considered. As we are not persuaded by Petitioners’ arguments, we affirm.

10 In this Court’s notice of proposed summary disposition, we proposed to hold that the district court did not err in dismissing the case based on the defense to liability provided by 26 U.S.C. § 6332(e) (1990). In their memorandum in opposition, Petitioners continue to put forth various constitutional and statutory arguments on the merits of whether the levy in this case was proper and whether it violated their rights.

15 However, even if Petitioners are correct on the merits, they have not explained why dismissal of this suit against Respondents was not appropriate pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 6332(e).

18 Because Petitioners have failed to respond to the portion of our proposed analysis regarding § 6332(e), they are unable to persuade us that our proposal is in

1 error. See Hennessy v. Duryea, 1998-NMCA-036, ¶ 24, 124 N.M. 754, 955 P.2d 683 2 (“Our courts have repeatedly held that, in summary calendar cases, the burden is on the party opposing the proposed disposition to clearly point out errors in fact or law.”); State v. Johnson, 107 N.M. 356, 358, 758 P.2d 306, 308 (Ct. App. 1988) (stating that an issue is deemed abandoned when a party fails to respond to this Court’s notice of proposed summary disposition of that issue).

7 Therefore, for the reasons stated in this opinion and in our notice of proposed summary disposition, we affirm.

9 IT IS SO ORDERED.

10 __________________________________ 11 LINDA M. VANZI, Judge

12 WE CONCUR:

13 _________________________________ JAMES J. WECHSLER, Judge

15 _________________________________ CYNTHIA A. FRY, Judge

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