Montano v. New Mexico Real Estate Appraiser's Board

OPINION

KENNEDY, Judge.

{1} This case arises from an administrative appeal of the decision of the New Mexico Real Estate Appraiser’s Board (the Board) to suspend the license of Petitioner/Appellee (Licensee) for two years. Licensee appealed to the district court, which reversed.

{2} The Board makes several arguments on appeal to this Court. We aggregate the Board’s arguments for convenience, as follows: (1) the district court failed to limit its review to the proper appellate standard of review and instead considered additional evidence; (2) a settlement agreement between the Board and Licensee,…