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This ruling said the process of recalling Griffin from his elected office, a decision first asserted April 8 by Third Judicial District Court Judge Manuel Arrieta, may proceed. We are grateful for this opportunity to provide the registered voters of Otero County District 2 the chance to decide if Commissioner Griffin is still the person they want to continue to represent them on the county commission as well as nationwide, Committee to Recall Couy Griffin spokesman Paul Sanchez said. This is a historic opportunity for the people of District 2 and we look forward to the next step in this process.
Griffin said he planned to fight the recall, though he no longer has the option to do that via the courts. The case cannot be reheard and the order serves as the Court s mandate returning jurisdiction to the district court, New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts spokesman Barry Massey said.
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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.
Third Judicial District court Judge Manuel Arrieta determined probable cause existed to proceed with a recall lawsuit filed against Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin, initiating procedures to remove Griffin from public office. On the decision, I am obviously very pleased, Sanchez said. The Committee to Recall Couy Griffin is very pleased that we have been found with probable cause, no less for all five of the allegations we presented.
The hearing was only to establish probable cause, in other words to determine if there was evidence of truth to the charges alleged.
Representatives from the Otero County Clerk s Office were at the hearing, including attorney Daniel Ivey-Soto who was appearing on behalf of the County Clerk Office.