Attorneys for state auditor, lawmakers ask for removal from former WNMU president’s lawsuit

By: Joshua Bowling

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: March 2, 2026

Words: 553

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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Attorneys for the New Mexico state auditor and current and former lawmakers on Monday asked a judge to dismiss them from former Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard’s lawsuit that alleges powerful state leaders subjected him to a “smear campaign.”

Shepard filed suit against the university, State Auditor Joseph Maestas, former state Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill (D-Silver City) and current state Sens. George Muñoz (D-Gallup) and Mimi Stewart (D-Albuquerque) in October. In the suit, …

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