Tso v. Navajo Housing Authority

OPINION

This matter comes before the Court on Appellants’ Petition for Reconsideration of this Court’s dismissal of their appeal for failure to file a transcript. The Court grants the reconsideration, and issues this opinion to again clarify the appellate rules concerning transcripts.

I

The relevant facts are as follows. Appellants appealed a decision of the Crown-point District Court. They did not file a transcript of the lower court proceeding within thirty days of the notice of appeal, as required by Rule 9(a) of the Navajo Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure (NRCAP). They did not seek and…