Seton Family Trust v. Wirth

1 This memorandum opinion was not selected for publication in the New Mexico Reports. Please see 2 Rule 12-405 NMRA for restrictions on the citation of unpublished memorandum opinions. Please 3 also note that this electronic memorandum opinion may contain computer-generated errors or other 4 deviations from the official paper version filed by the Court of Appeals and does not include the 5 filing date. 6 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO 7 SETON FAMILY TRUST 8 INTERESTS by TRUSTEE 9 RICHARD A. VAN AUKEN; 10 and RICHARD A. VAN AUKEN, 11 Plaintiff-Appellants, 12 v. NO. 30,087 13 PETER F. WIRTH, ESQ.; FLETCHER 14 R. CATRON, ESQ., CATRON, CATRON 15 & POTTOW, P.A.; SAWTELL, WIRTH 16 & BIEDSCHEID, P.C.; MICHAEL T. 17 POTTOW, ESQ.; BRYAN P. BIEDSCHEID, ESQ; 18 W. ANTHONY SAWTELL, ESQ; THOMAS B. 19 CATRON, ESQ.; JOHN S. CATRON, ESQ.; 20 KAREN AUBREY, ESQ.; BRIGGS CHENEY, ESQ.; 21 PREBYTERIAN MEDICAL SERVICES FOUNDATION; 22 MARIE HARRISON; and DOES 1 THROUGH 20 23 INCLUSIVE, 24 Defendants-Appellees. 25 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF SANTA FE COUNTY 26 James A. Hall, District Judge 27 Seton Family Trust Interests by Trustee 28 Richard A. Van Auken 29 Santa Fe, NM 30 Pro Se Appellant 31 Law Office of Karen Aubrey 1 Karen Aubrey 2 Santa Fe, NM 3 for Appellee Karen Aubrey 4 Law Office of Jack Brant, P.C. 5 John M. Brant 6 Albuquerque, NM 7 for Appellees 8 Catron, Catron and Pottow, P.A. 9 Sawtell, Wirth & Biedscheid 10 Peter F. Wirth 11 Michael T. Pottow 12 Fletcher R. Catron 13 Bryan P. Biedscheid 14 W. Anthony Sawtell 15 Thomas B. Catron 16 John S. Catron 17 MEMORANDUM OPINION 18 FRY, Chief Judge. 19 Plaintiffs appeal from an order granting a protective order to Defendant Karen 20 Aubrey. [DS 2] We issued a notice of proposed summary disposition proposing to 21 dismiss the appeal for lack of a final order and mootness. Plaintiffs filed a timely 22 memorandum in support agreeing with our proposed analysis. [MIS 2] Plaintiffs also 23 filed a motion requesting this Court to consolidate this appeal with No. 30,215. [MIO 24 2-3] For the reasons in the notice of proposed disposition, we dismiss this appeal. By 25 separate order, we also deny the motion to consolidate. 2 1 IT IS SO ORDERED. 2 3 CYNTHIA A. FRY, Chief Judge 4 WE CONCUR: 5 6 ROBERT E. ROBLES, Judge 7 8 LINDA M. VANZI, Judge 3