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Facts

• Petitioners-Appellees sought enforcement of a prior decision letter, which resulted in the district court ordering Respondents-Appellants to pay $4,500 in attorney fees as a sanction.

Procedural History

• [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Respondents-Appellants: Argued that the case and prior related actions were frivolous, and thus the district court lacked authority to decide them (para 2).

Legal Issues

• Whether the district court had the authority to enforce a prior decision letter by ordering Respondents to pay attorney fees as a sanction.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's judgment enforcing the prior decision letter and ordering Respondents to pay $4,500 in attorney fees as a sanction.

Reasons

• The decision was authored by Judge Zachary A. Ives, with Judges Jennifer L. Attrep and Shammara H. Henderson concurring. The Court of Appeals was unpersuaded by the Respondents' arguments that the case and prior related actions were frivolous. The Respondents failed to cite any new authority, point out errors in the Court's understanding of the facts, or otherwise convince the Court that the initial proposed disposition was erroneous. The Court relied on precedent stating that the burden is on the party opposing the proposed disposition to clearly point out errors in fact or law and noted the presumption of correctness in the rulings of the district court. Consequently, the Court concluded that the Respondents did not demonstrate that the district court abused its discretion in ordering the attorney fees as a sanction against them (paras 1-2).