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PINCHEIRA V. ALLSTATE INS. CO., 2004-NMCA-030, 135 N.M. 220, 86 P.3d 645
JOSE PINCHEIRA, OLIVIA PINCHEIRA,
and AMY MARQUEZ,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant-Appellant.

Docket No. 22,760
COURT OF APPEALS OF NEW MEXICO
2004-NMCA-030, 135 N.M. 220, 86 P.3d 645
January 30, 2004, Filed
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF SANTA FE COUNTY, Art Encinias, District Judge.
Certiorari Denied, No. 28,509, March 5, 2004. Released for Publication March 16, 2004.
COUNSEL
David J. Berardinelli, Berardinelli & Associates, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellees.
Lisa Mann, Jennifer A. Noya, Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A., Albuquerque, NM, Bennett Evan Cooper, Jon T. Neumann, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Phoenix, AZ, for Appellant.

JUDGES
RODERICK T. KENNEDY, Judge. WE CONCUR: A. JOSEPH ALARID, Judge, CELIA FOY CASTILLO, Judge.
AUTHOR: RODERICK T. KENNEDY.

OPINION
KENNEDY, Judge.
{1} Defendant Allstate Insurance Company filed a petition for a writ of error, asking this Court to review the trial court's order granting Plaintiffs' motion to compel Allstate to produce certain documents and denying Allstate's request for a protective order restricting the use and dissemination of those documents.  We granted the writ of error to consider an important issue concerning the time for filing a petition for writ of error.  We hold that Allstate's petition was not filed within the time provided in Rule 12-503(C) NMRA 2003.  Accordingly, we quash the writ of error. The motion for oral argument is denied.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
{2} In December 2000, Jose Pincheira and Olivia Pincheira sued Allstate and certain of its individual agents for insurance bad faith, fraud, constructive fraud, and other torts.  Plaintiffs

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