Torres v. Ohkay Casino

1 This memorandum opinion was not selected for publication in the New Mexico Reports. Please 2 see Rule 12-405 NMRA for restrictions on the citation of unpublished memorandum opinions. 3 Please also note that this electronic memorandum opinion may contain computer-generated 4 errors or other deviations from the official paper version filed by the Court of Appeals and does 5 not include the filing date. 6 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO 7 CATHY TORRES, 8 Plaintiff-Appellant, 9 v. NO. 30,624 10 OHKAY CASINO RESORT, 11 TSAY CORPORATION, and 12 RON LOVATO, CEO, 13 Defendants-Appellees. 14 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF SAN MIGUEL COUNTY 15 Eugenio S. Mathis, District Judge 16 Eric Loman 17 Albuquerque, NM 18 The Bregman Law Firm, P.C. 19 Sam Bregman 20 Albuquerque, NM 21 for Appellant 22 Bergen Law Offices, LLC 23 Lee Bergen 24 Albuquerque, NM 1 for Appellees 2 MEMORANDUM OPINION 3 CASTILLO, Judge. 4 Appellant Cathy Torres (Plaintiff) appeals from the district court’s order 5 dismissing her complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction based on tribal 6 sovereign immunity. The notice proposed to affirm. Appellees Ohkay Casino Resort, 7 Tsay Corporation, and Ron Lovato, CEO (Defendants) filed a timely memorandum 8 in support of proposed affirmance. Plaintiff did not file a memorandum in opposition 9 to our notice. 10 For reasons set forth in our notice, we affirm. 11 IT IS SO ORDERED. 12 ________________________________ 13 CELIA FOY CASTILLO, Judge 14 WE CONCUR: 15 __________________________________ 16 MICHAEL D. BUSTAMANTE, Judge 2 1 __________________________________ 2 LINDA M. VANZI, Judge 3