 On August 27, San Miguel County Clerk Melanie Rivera said her county would follow the lead of three other New Mexican counties in issuing gender-neutral marriage licenses to same-sex couples.Valencia County Clerk Peggy Carabajal became the first Republican county clerk in New Mexico since Victoria Dunlap nine years prior to issue same-sex marriage licenses, effective on August 27.In "Stark v. Martinez", a district judge issued a writ of mandamus similar to those in the Santa Fe and Bernalillo county lawsuits ordering the county clerk in Taos County to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples or else explain why not.