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Facts

• The case involves the Estate of Gregorita Sanchez, represented by Elizabeth Padilla, against Traci Martinez concerning unspecified rights or interests in a subject property. The details leading to the appeal are not fully described, but the appeal centers on procedural issues related to requests for admission, the admission of deposition testimony at trial, and the timing of objections to the proposed form of judgment.

Procedural History

• [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Plaintiff-Appellee: Argued in support of the district court's decisions regarding the handling of requests for admission, the admission of deposition testimony, and the process for objecting to the proposed form of judgment.
• Defendant-Appellant: Contended that the district court erred by deeming Plaintiff’s requests for admission as admitted due to lack of response, improperly admitted deposition testimony without allowing cross-examination, and denied her an opportunity to object to the proposed form of judgment by filing the judgment prematurely.

Legal Issues

• Whether the district court erred in deeming Plaintiff’s requests for admission as admitted due to Defendant's failure to respond.
• Whether the district court erred in admitting deposition testimony without allowing Defendant to cross-examine the witness.
• Whether the district court improperly denied Defendant an opportunity to object to the proposed form of judgment by filing the judgment prematurely.

Disposition

• The appeal was affirmed, supporting the district court's decisions on all contested procedural issues.

Reasons

• KRISTINA BOGARDUS, Judge, with ZACHARY A. IVES, Judge, and JANE B. YOHALEM, Judge concurring, provided the reasoning for the decision. The court found that the Defendant failed to preserve her claims regarding the requests for admission and the admission of deposition testimony at trial, as she did not demonstrate that she was not served with the requests for admission or that any exceptions to preservation applied. The court also found Defendant's arguments regarding the proposed form of judgment to be unpreserved and unclear. The court was not persuaded by Defendant's attempt to apply the plain error rule to her procedural complaints, noting that she did not demonstrate how her substantial rights were affected. The court affirmed the proposed disposition for the reasons stated in their notice and in the memorandum opinion (paras 1-6).