Alvarez v. State Taxation & Revenue Department, Motor Vehicle Division

OPINION

ARMIJO, J.

{1} Plaintiffs appeal from the district court’s order entering summary judgment against them on the grounds that their convictions for driving while intoxicated (DWI) render them ineligible for driver’s licenses. This Court raised the issue of subject-matter jurisdiction sua sponte and ordered the parties to address the issue at oral argument. After considering the parties’ arguments, we set aside the district court’s order for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.

I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

{2} Plaintiffs were each convicted of DWI on three separate occasions. Plaintiff Alvarez’s…