Griffin files appeal in recall case
On April 19, Otero County Commission Vice Chairman Couy Griffin filed a stay in the New Mexico District Court recall case against him.
The district court stay was denied by Third Judicial District Court Judge Manuel Arrieta who had found probable cause to recall Griffin in the April 8 recall hearing. Given the timetable for a recall process and the accelerated nature of the appeal, there is no need to stay the recall proceedings as the appeal will likely be heard before the recall can be scheduled, assuming the requisite signatures are verified, Arrieta stated in his order denying the stay.