Court Opinion

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 6   IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO

 7 JACOB F. KUPCAK III and
 8 DEBRA S. KUPCAK,

 9                  Petitioners-Appellants,

10          vs.                                                                         No. 31,103

11   MOSAIC POTASH CARLSBAD, INC.,
12   a New Mexico mining operation;
13   MARSCHALL I. SMITH, individually,
14   president, Mosaic Potash Carlsbad, Inc.;
15   JIM PROKOPANKO, individually, CEO,
16   Mosaic Potash Carlsbad, Inc.; WILLIAM
17   BOYER, individually, general manager,
18   Mosaic Potash Carlsbad Inc.; JOHN DOE/
19   JANE DOE, individually, company attorney;
20   CARGILL PAYROLL DEPARTMENT;
21   YVONNE NILSSON, individually, supervisor,
22   Cargill Payroll Department;

23                  Respondents-Appellees.

24 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF EDDY COUNTY
25 Richard J. Brown, District Judge

26 Jacob F. Kupcak, III
27 Debra S. Kupcak
28 Carlsbad, NM

29 Pro Se Appellants
 1 Jose A. Howard-Gonzales
 2 El Paso, TX

 3 for Appellees
 4                              MEMORANDUM OPINION

 5 VANZI, Judge.

 6         Petitioners appeal an order dismissing their complaint. In this Court’s notice

 7 of proposed summary disposition, we proposed to affirm. Petitioners have filed a

 8 memorandum in opposition, which we have duly considered. As we are not persuaded

 9 by Petitioners’ arguments, we affirm.

10         In this Court’s notice of proposed summary disposition, we proposed to hold

11 that the district court did not err in dismissing the case based on the defense to liability

12 provided by 26 U.S.C. § 6332(e) (1990). In their memorandum in opposition,

13 Petitioners continue to put forth various constitutional and statutory arguments on the

14 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

16 dismissal of this suit against Respondents was not appropriate pursuant to 26 U.S.C.

17 § 6332(e).

18         Because Petitioners have failed to respond to the portion of our proposed

19 analysis regarding § 6332(e), they are unable to persuade us that our proposal is in

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 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

 3 the party opposing the proposed disposition to clearly point out errors in fact or

 4 law.”); State v. Johnson, 107 N.M. 356, 358, 758 P.2d 306, 308 (Ct. App. 1988)

 5 (stating that an issue is deemed abandoned when a party fails to respond to this

 6 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

 8 summary disposition, we affirm.

 9       IT IS SO ORDERED.

10                                       __________________________________
11                                       LINDA M. VANZI, Judge

12 WE CONCUR:

13 _________________________________
14 JAMES J. WECHSLER, Judge

15 _________________________________
16 CYNTHIA A. FRY, Judge

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