Opinion ID: 874428
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Heading: Rock Creek's request for attorney fees.

Text: Rock Creek requests an award of attorney fees pursuant to I.C. § 12-121 and I.A.R. 11.1. Idaho Code § 12-121 allows an award of reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party. Rock Creek has not prevailed on this appeal; therefore, it is not entitled to an award of attorney fees. Total Success Investments, LLC, 145 Idaho at 372, 179 P.3d at 335. Idaho Appellate Rule 11.1 directs the Court to award expenses, including attorney fees, incurred because of an appeal not reasonably grounded in fact or law and filed for an improper purpose. Wichterman v. J.H. Kelly, Inc., 144 Idaho 138, 142, 158 P.3d 301, 305 (2007) (citing Shriner v. Rausch, 141 Idaho 228, 232, 108 P.3d 375, 379 (2005)). Because Herrera has persuaded us that the district court's grant of summary judgment must be vacated, Rock Creek is not entitled to an award of attorney fees pursuant to I.A.R. 11.1.