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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
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FILED 

Ut1lt~ ~tntfl Co,m of Appeals 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 'Tenth Circuit 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

ROBERT N. MARTINEZ, ) 

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Plaintiff-Appellant, ) 

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v. ) 

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J. D. JENNINGS; CHARLES RING; ) 

MAURICE CORDOVA; FREDDIE GARCIA; ) 

ROBERT "BOBBY" GONZALES; NEW MEXICO) 

STATE POLICE DEPT., ) 

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Defendants-Appellees. ) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

AUG 8 1989 

ROBERT L HOECKER 

Clerk 

No. 88-2898 

(D.C. No. 85-1291-M CV) 

(D. New Mexico) 

Before LOGAN, SEYMOUR, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The cause is therefore ordered 

s ubmitted without oral argument. 

Plaintiff Robert Martinez seeks to enforce a settlement 

agreement against defendant New Mexico State Police. 

Specifically, Martinez alleges that defendant is obligated under 

*This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall not 

be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, except 

for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of the case, 

res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 36.3. 

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the agreement to pay into the New Mexico Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) the employer's share of contributions from 

September 1984 until the date of the settlement. The district 

court denied the motion and this appeal ensued. We affirm. 

The settlement provides in pertinent part as follows: 

That ROBERT N. MARTINEZ for and in consideration of 

the following consideration: 

1. The receipt of One Hundred Seventy Thousand and 00/ 

100 Dollars ($170,000.00) for compensatory damages for 

personal injuries incurred; 

2. The provision to PERA of information necessary t o 

allow Robert Martinez to: a) pay back sums earlier 

withdrawn; b) pay in all contributions necessary to 

bring his account current; and c) purchase the balance 

of time necessary for immediate retirement. If the 

requisite information requires acknowledgement of 

reinstatement, the same will be provided; however, 

Robert Martinez agrees that such reinstatement is for 

the sole purpose of allowing him to obtain PERA benefits 

and agrees that he will resign immediately after any 

such reinstatement and acknowledges the same by executing the letter of resignation attached hereto as Exhibit 

"A." 

(emphasis added). Insofar as it concerns the issues in this appeal, the language of the settlement is unambiguous: the 

defendant was obligated only to provide the information necessary 

for Martinez to "pay in all contributions" to PERA to bring his 

retirement account current. Not only does the agreement fail to 

provide that the defendant will pay in its share of the contributions, it specifically declares that Martinez will pay in all 

amounts, including, by implication, any employer contributions 

necessary to bring his account current. We assume the duly 

executed contract reflects the intentions of the parties, and, in 

the absence of ambiguity, its language is conclusive. See,~, 

CC Housing Corp. v. Ryder Truck Rental, Inc., 106 N.M. 577, 746 

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P.2d 1109, 1111 (1987}; Davies v. Boyd, 73 N.M. 85, 385 P.2d 950, 

951 (1963). The order of the district court is AFFIRMED. 

The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

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Entered for the Court 

James K. Logan 

Circuit Judge 

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