New Mexico Medical Board v. Seidel ( 2017 )

This memorandum opinion was not selected for publication in the New Mexico Appellate Reports. Please see Rule 12-405 NMRA for restrictions on the citation of unpublished memorandum opinions. Please also note that this electronic memorandum opinion may contain computer-generated errors or other deviations from the official paper version filed by the Court of Appeals and does not include the filing date. 1 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO 2 NEW MEXICO MEDICAL BOARD, 3 Appellee-Respondent, 4 v. No. A-1-CA-36460 5 WALTER RAY SEIDEL, JR., M.D., 6 Appellant-Petitioner. 7 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF LINCOLN COUNTY 8 Jerry H. Ritter Jr., District Judge 9 Richard B. Word 10 Santa Fe, NM 11 for Appellee 12 Miguel Garcia 13 Alamogordo, NM 14 for Appellant 15 MEMORANDUM OPINION 16 SUTIN, Judge. 17 {1} Appellant-Petitioner filed a petition for writ of certiorari, seeking review of 18 disciplinary action taken by Appellee-Respondent. We granted the petition and issued 1 a calendar notice proposing to reverse and remand. Appellee-Respondent has filed 2 a responsive memorandum indicating that it does not oppose our proposed summary 3 disposition. Appellant-Petitioner has filed no response, and the deadline to do so has 4 passed. 5 {2} Accordingly, for the reasons previously stated in the notice of proposed 6 summary disposition, we reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with 7 due process considerations. 8 {3} IT IS SO ORDERED. 9 __________________________________ 10 JONATHAN B. SUTIN, Judge 11 WE CONCUR: 12 _______________________________ 13 LINDA M. VANZI, Chief Judge 14 _______________________________ 15 JULIE J. VARGAS, Judge 2