Opinion ID: 2595216
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Request for Admissions Deadline

Text: [¶ 9] The Orcutts do not refute that, [p]ursuant to W.R.C.P. 36, admissions not denied within thirty days are deemed admitted. TZ Land & Cattle Co. v. Condict, 795 P.2d 1204, 1208 (Wyo.1990). They are correct that the plain language of W.R.C.P. 36 [4] affords the district court the discretion to increase or decrease the thirty-day time frame for a party to respond to requests for admissions. However, we cannot determine whether the district court exercised this authority because the Orcutts did not ensure that the order upon which they rely was included in the record on appeal. Pursuant to W.R.A.P. 3.05(b), the Orcutts were required to file a designation of all parts of the record ... to which appellant intends to direct the particular attention of the appellate court in its brief with the clerk of the trial court. [5] The Orcutts failed to file a designation. The record was certified by the clerk of court on the basis of Shober Builders' record designation. A copy of Shober Builders' designation, though not in the record, is directly referenced in a letter from the clerk of court and apparently did not include the scheduling order. Further, there are no transcripts of the scheduling or summary judgment hearings or settlements of these proceedings as required by W.R.A.P. 3.03. [6] As the appellants, the Orcutts had the burden of providing this Court with a complete record on which to base a decision. Parsons v. Parsons, 2001 WY 62, ¶ 11, 27 P.3d 270, ¶ 11 (Wyo.2001); G.C.I., Inc. v. Haught, 7 P.3d 906, 911 (Wyo.2000). [¶ 10] The only indication in the record with regard to the scope of the scheduling order is the inference which can be drawn from the district court's decision rejecting the Orcutts' contention. Having no other means to review the district court's decision, we must assume the decision was in accord with the law. Conner v. Board of County Commissioners, Natrona County, 2002 WY 148, ¶ 20, 54 P.3d 1274, ¶ 20 (Wyo. 2002); Cottonwood Valley Ranch, Inc. v. Roberts, 874 P.2d 897, 899 (Wyo.1994). In addition to a record devoid of the order upon which the appeal is founded, the Orcutts' legal argument presents only a bare assertion without evidentiary or legal support; consequently, reversal of the summary judgment is not warranted. Id. [¶ 11] The Orcutts' failure to designate the record on appeal constitutes a clear failure to comply with the Wyoming Rules of Appellate Procedure which is a separate ground for `such action as the appellate court deems appropriate, including but not limited to: refusal to consider the offending party's contentions; assessment of costs; dismissal; and affirmance.' W.R.A.P. 1.03. Basolo v. Gose, 994 P.2d 968, 969 (Wyo.2000).