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Facts

• Petitioners filed a complaint against a New Mexico mining operation and several individuals associated with the company, including its president, CEO, general manager, company attorney, payroll department, and a supervisor in the payroll department. The complaint was dismissed by the district court.

Procedural History

• Appeal from the District Court of Eddy County, Richard J. Brown, District Judge: The complaint filed by the Petitioners was dismissed.

Parties' Submissions

• Petitioners-Appellants: Argued that the levy in this case was improper and violated their rights, presenting various constitutional and statutory arguments.
• Respondents-Appellees: [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

• Whether the district court erred in dismissing the case based on the defense to liability provided by 26 U.S.C. § 6332(e) (1990).

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's order dismissing the Petitioners' complaint.

Reasons

• Per LINDA M. VANZI, J. (JAMES J. WECHSLER, J., CYNTHIA A. FRY, J., concurring): The Court of Appeals was not persuaded by the Petitioners' arguments against the dismissal of their complaint. The Petitioners failed to address the court's proposed analysis regarding 26 U.S.C. § 6332(e), which was crucial to the court's decision to affirm the dismissal. The court highlighted that the burden was on the Petitioners to clearly point out errors in fact or law in the proposed disposition, which they failed to do, leading to the affirmation of the dismissal based on the reasons stated in the opinion and the notice of proposed summary disposition.