ATHERTON v. GOPIN

No. 32,958.

355 P.3d 804 (2015)

2015-NMCA-087

Utti ATHERTON, Laura Jaramillo, John Doe 1-99, and Jane Doe 1-99, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and State of New Mexico, ex rel., Hector H. Balderas, Attorney General, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael J. GOPIN, an unlicensed New Mexico attorney d/b/a Law Offices of Michael J. Gopin, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

June 18, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. (Tito) Meyer , Las Cruces, NM, Kenneth L. Beal , Las Cruces, NM, for Appellees.

Hector H. Balderas , Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, Tonya Noonan Herring , Special Assistant Attorney General, Rebecca C. Branch , Special Assistant Attorney General, Ismael L. Camacho , Special Assistant Attorney General, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee Attorney General.

Caren I. Friedman , Santa Fe, NM, Gorence & Oliveros, P.C., Robert J. Gorence , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellant.


OPINION

{1} After a ne exeat bond is set, may a district court exercise its discretion to increase the amount of the bond? This is a matter of first impression in New Mexico. To resolve the issue, we examine the parameters of the writ of ne exeat, a little-used writ with origins dating as far back as the...

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