Lucero v. Thompson

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This memorandum opinion was not selected for publication in the New Mexico Appellate Reports. Please see Rule 12-405 NMRA for restrictions on the citation of unpublished memorandum opinions. Please also note that this electronic memorandum opinion may contain computer-generated errors or other deviations from the official paper version filed by the Court of Appeals and does not include the filing date. 1 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO 2 MICHAEL C. LUCERO, 3 Petitioner-Appellant, 4 v. NO. 32,529 5 APRIL D. THOMPSON, 6 Respondent-Appellee. 7 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BERNALILLO COUNTY 8 Gerard J. Lavelle, District Judge 9 Lastrapes, Spangler & Pacheco 10 Phillip E. Marbury 11 Rio Rancho, NM 12 for Appellant 13 Kelley Family Law, P.C. 14 Patrick T. Kelley 15 Albuquerque, NM 16 for Appellee 17 18 VANZI, Judge. MEMORANDUM OPINION 1 Petitioner appeals from a district court order permitting Respondent to relocate 2 the children and modifying custody accordingly. We issued an amended calendar 3 notice proposing to affirm. Petitioner has not filed a memorandum in opposition, and 4 the time for doing so has expired. See Rule 12-210(D)(3) NMRA. Accordingly, we 5 affirm the district court order. See Frick v. Veazey, 116 N.M. 246, 247, 861 P.2d 287, 6 288 (Ct. App. 1993) ( Failure to file a memorandum in opposition constitutes 7 acceptance of the disposition proposed in the calendar notice. ). Respondent s motion 8 to expedite mandate is hereby GRANTED. 9 IT IS SO ORDERED. 10 11 __________________________________ LINDA M. VANZI, Judge 12 WE CONCUR: 13 _________________________________ 14 RODERICK T. KENNEDY, Chief Judge 15 _________________________________ 16 MICHAEL D. BUSTAMANTE, Judge 2

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