New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 13 - INSURANCE
Chapter 21 - PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND
Part 4 - ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
Section 13.21.4.11 - ELECTRONIC DOCKET AND FILING OF PLEADINGS

Universal Citation: 13 NM Admin Code 13.21.4.11

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. Electronic docket. Individuals or their counsel may access OSI's free electronic docket to view cases and filed pleadings. Registration of a free user account is required to file pleadings into a docket or to request a hearing. Every written document that is submitted to a hearing officer or exchanged between parties for consideration, including pleadings, such as motions, responses and objections, all evidentiary documents and any other filings shall include the caption and shall be filed to the electronic docket.

B. Opening the docket. A docket shall be opened by the superintendent at the superintendent's discretion or by request for hearing filed in the OSI's electronic docket.

C. Public access. Unless otherwise determined by the superintendent upon consideration of a request by a party for confidentiality, all dockets shall be open for public inspection.

D. Filing restrictions and service.

(1) The OSI docket administrator will review all filings for compliance with these rules. Non compliance with filings will be returned to submitter for correction.

(2) The OSI's electronic docket does allow for electron service. All parties of record shall be listed on the initial request for hearing and shall be selected for service with each additional filing.

(3) All filings shall include a certificate of service that documents the method of service used. A represented party shall only be served through counsel.

(4) In-person filing shall be accepted on business days between 8:00 am. and 4:00 pm. In-person pleadings will be marked as filed on the business day that the OSI receives the pleading.

D. Filing requirements.

(1) All motions, except motions made on the record during the hearing or a continuance request made in a genuine unforeseen emergency circumstance (such as an unexpected accident, force majeure, or major medical emergency occurring in such close proximity to the date of the scheduled hearing that a written motion could not be completed), shall be in writing and shall state with particularity the grounds and the relief sought.

(2) Absent any order to the contrary, no pleading shall exceed 10 pages, excluding the caption and certificate of service, of double-spaced (except for block quotations), 12-point font. Only relevant excerpts of a motion exhibit shall be filed, with the pertinent portions highlighted, underlined, or otherwise emphasized. All exhibits and attachments shall identify the total number of pages, and consecutive page numbers (e.g., "Page 1 of 10"). Only single-sided documents will be accepted for filing or into a record at a hearing.

E. Request for concurrence. Before submission of any motion, request for relief or request for continuance, the requesting party should make reasonable efforts to consult with each other party about that party's position on the motion unless the nature of the pleading is such that it can be reasonably assumed the requested relief would be opposed. The moving party shall state the position of each other party in the pleading.

F. Responses to pleadings.

(1) Unless a different deadline has been established by the hearing officer, each non-moving party shall have 10 calendar days to file a written response to a pleading.

(2) If a deadline for filing falls on a non-business day, the deadline falls on the next business day.

(3) The hearing officer has the discretion to extend or shorten the response deadline.

(4) Failure to file a response in opposition may be presumed to be consent to the relief sought.

(5) The hearing officer is not required to make a default ruling on any motion if the relief sought could be contrary to the facts or law on the issues.

G. In the event of a procedural defect or other error with the manner, method, or content of a submitted pleading, the hearing officer or records manager may communicate such error to the filing party and withhold filing of the pleading until the moving party remedies the procedural defect. Examples of a procedural defect include, but are not limited to, failure to certify service, failure to comply with the page limitations, failure to confer with other parties, failure to use the form or follow the specific filing method required by the OSI, submission of double-sided documents, failing to properly number pages, failure to use the correct caption of reference the assigned docket number, or failure to comply with an applicable standing order.

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