Opinion ID: 2521462
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Is this Appeal without Merit

Text: [¶23] W.R.A.P. 10.05 provides: If the judgment or appealable order is affirmed in a civil case, appellee shall recover the cost for publication of the brief with the cost to be computed at the rate allowed by law for making the transcript of the evidence. If the court certifies there was no reasonable cause for the appeal, a reasonable amount for attorneys' fees and damages to the appellee shall be fixed by the appellate court and taxed as part of the costs in the case. The amount for attorneys' fees shall not be less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00). The amount for damages to the appellee shall not exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). [¶24] Sanctions under this rule are generally not available when the appeal challenges a discretionary ruling. We do not consider sanctions appropriate in this case. Dorsett v. Moore, 2003 WY 7, ¶¶13-14, 61 P.3d 1221, ¶¶13-14 (Wyo. 2003); Wood v. Wood, 964 P.2d 1259, 1268 (Wyo. 1998).