Cordova v. Cline

OPINION

KENNEDY, Judge.

This case requires us to decide whether the New Mexico statute prohibiting strategic litigation against public participation (Anti-SLAPP statute) bars Plaintiff Arsenio Cordova’s lawsuit against members of Citizens for Quality Education (CQE), an organization that tried to institute a recall election to remove Cordova from the school board. We conclude that the Anti-SLAPP statute does not apply to a hearing in district court as a part of the recall process. We reverse the district court’s grant of the motion to dismiss and determine that Cordova successfully stated a…