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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO

Opinion Number: 2009-NMSC-009
Filing Date: February 24, 2009
Docket No. 30,939

TASHEENA GRYGORWICZ,
Plaintiff-Respondent,
v.
CHARLIE TRUJILLO,
Defendant-Petitioner.

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING ON CERTIORARI Sam B. Sanchez, District Judge
Ray Twohig, P.C.Ray TwohigAlbuquerque, NM
for Petitioner
Anthony J. Ayala, P.A.Anthony James AyalaAlbuquerque, NM
for Respondent

OPINION
MAES, Justice.
{1} Defendant, Charlie Trujillo, appealed the denial of his claim for a homesteadexemption in a foreclosure action.  Plaintiff, Tasheena Grygorwicz, initiated the foreclosureaction in partial satisfaction of a civil judgment she received for personal injuries resultingfrom sexual abuse.  See Grygorwicz v. Trujillo, 2006-NMCA-089, 140 N.M. 129, 140 P.3d 550, cert. denied, 2006-NMCERT-007, 140 N.M. 280, 142 P.3d 361. The Court of Appealsheld that Defendant had waived his right to the homestead exemption because he had failedto appeal within thirty days from the district court

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