Opinion ID: 1821968
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Heading: motion for the award of costs

Text: The appellee has presented a motion for the award of costs incurred in preparing a separate appendix. Appellee's counsel was not served with either 1) a designation of the parts of the record which appellant intended to include; or 2) a statement of the issues, pursuant to Rule 30(b) of the North Dakota Rules of Appellate Procedure. Failure to comply with the Rules of Appellate Procedure may result in a dismissal of an appeal in the discretion of the court. Matter of Estate of Raketti, 340 N.W.2d 894, 897 (N.D.1983). However, this court is reluctant to impose such a harsh sanction. Appeal of Dickinson Nursing Center, 353 N.W.2d 754, 756 (N.D.1984). We are not hesitant, however, to assess costs against a noncomplying party. Counsel for the appellant concedes that he made no attempt to designate the contents of the appendix to opposing counsel. Counsel urges us to examine the adequacy of the appendix, and argues that if the contents are adequate, his noncompliance with Rule 30(b), N.D.R.App.P., should not be sanctioned. We disagree. While we ordinarily would award costs to the prevailing party on appeal, we will not award them to the appellant in the instant case because of counsel's noncompliance with Rule 30(b), N.D.R.App.P. ERICKSTAD, C.J., and LEVINE, VANDE WALLE and MESCHKE, JJ., concur.