Legal Opinion
Heyward v. Credit Union Times
District Court, D. New Mexico
Decided December 17, 2012No. CIV 12-0258 JB/LFGPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JAMES 0. BROWNING, District Judge.
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Complaint (Incorporating Authorities), filed April 27, 2012 (Doc. 7)(“Motion to Dismiss”). The Court held a hearing on July 27, 2012. The primary issues are: (i) whether the Motion to Dismiss is premature as Plaintiff Ben Heyward has not been provided the identity of his critics in discovery; and (ii) whether the statements on which Heyward bases his defamation allegations fail to state a prima facie claim for defamation as a matter of law, because each…
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