The docket fee is $125.00 for filing an appeal and $20.00 for filing a motion to dismiss for failure to file a docketing statement. NMSA 1978 §34-5- 6 (2003) There are no other fees required to process the appeal. However, if you want copies of documents, there is...

The court hours are Monday - Friday 8 a.m.-Noon and 1-5 p.m. excluding holidays.

You can download a PDF copy from the opinions section of this website.

See NMRA 12-307.1, which provides that pleadings may be faxed only if no fee is required and only the original is required to be filed. There are also many other requirements, and you should consult the rule to learn of them all. This website provides a link to the...

Court of Appeals P.O. Box 2008 Santa Fe, NM 87504-2008 Albuquerque Satellite Office 2211 Tucker Ave. NE Albuquerque, NM 87106

Court of Appeals 237 Don Gaspar, Room 116Santa Fe, NM 87501 Albuquerque Satellite Office 2211 Tucker Rd NEAlbuquerque, NM 87106

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Call 505-827-4925 for instruction

Call 505-827-4925 (for criminal, juvenile & sequestered, or after an opinion is filed) Call 505-841-4618 (for civil, domestic, probate)

See NMRA 12-202 regarding filing a notice of appeal. See NMRA 12-203 regarding filing Interlocutory appeals. See also NMRA 12-204, 12-205, 12-502, 12-503. Consult the Pro Se Videos for information on filing a civil appeal.

Call 505-827-4925 or 505-841-4618 to check on the status.

Yes.

A motion for extension of time can be filed. See NMRA 12-309.

Call 505-827-4925 or 505-841-4618

Call 505-827-4925 or 505-841-4618

The answer to this question depends on many factors. From the time you file your notice of appeal to the time of decision can be as short as two months or as long as two and one-half years. A decision in two months requires that you file your docketing...

When the docketing statement is filed, the Court needs to wait for the record proper before it will refer the case to its prehearing division to make a calendaring recommendation. Some districts send the record proper to the Court of Appeals within a week and other...

This is not unusual at all. The Court's average time from notice of disposition to opinion is over two months, so most cases will take more than a month from your memorandum in opposition to decide. In addition, it is not infrequent that the participating judges...

You can always file a motion asking for these things that are not provided for in the rules.

The panel assigned to the case makes the decision, and as with all Court of Appeals decisions, the majority of the panel (two judges of the three assigned) make the decision. The criteria for memorandum opinions are contained in NMRA 12-405(B), and they generally...

See the answer to question 23. A motion can always be filed, but the Court does not frequently grant these motions. A formal opinion takes much more time, both judge time and staff time, to craft and check for technical errors. While the judges are always satisfied...

Twenty to twenty-five percent of the cases originally assigned to the summary calendar get reassigned to a non-summary calendar following a memorandum in opposition. Many people have the misperception that staff attorneys write the notices of proposed disposition with...

Yes. Case law requires that pro se parties are bound by all of the rules, just as attorneys are. Case law also provides that, when there is no prejudice to the other side, technical rule violations will be overlooked so that cases will be decided on their merits....

No. Unfortunately, the court does not currently have an electronic filing system. If budget and resources allow, the court may transition to electronic filing in the near future.