KITE, Justice.
[T 11 Shober Investments, Inc., d/b/a Sho-ber Builders, filed a contract claim in district court against Charles R. and Mary L. Oreutt alleging a balance due of $18,610 for concrete work performed on the Oreutts' home. The Oreutts answered, counterelaimed, and filed a third-party complaint against Mickey, Mike, and Linda Shober. Shober Builders and the individual Shobers filed a motion for summary judgment when the Orcutts failed to timely respond to requests for admissions and other discovery demands. The district court granted the motion for summary judgment concluding the requested admissions, which were not timely answered, were deemed admitted. We affirm and award sanctions.
ISSUES
The Oreutts pose two issues which we rephrase as follows:
I,. If the court issues a scheduling order which establishes a deadline for .completion of discovery, does the order take precedence over the deadline for answering requests for admissions established in the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure?
II. If third-party defendants have requested admissions from other defendants and the response is not timely, may the plaintiff rely on the admissions?
FACTS
In the summer of 2000, the Orcutts hired Shober Builders under an oral contract to perform concrete work on a home in Campbell County. The work was completed in September 2000, and Shober Builders invoiced the Oreutts for $50,845. They paid $32,235 leaving an unpaid balance of $18,610. In October of 2000, Shober Builders provided the Oreutts with a "Notice of Intention to File Lien" pursuant to Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 29-2-107 (LexisNexis 2001)
and subsequently recorded a lien on the property. In April of 2001, Shober Builders filed a complaint for a lien foreclosure and a money judgment against the Oreutts to "which the Orcutts timely filed their "Answer, Counterclaim and Third Party Complaint." The Oreutts' counterclaim against Shober Builders and third-party complaint against Mickey, Mike, and Linda Shober, individually, alleged breach of contract, construction negligence, intentional disregard of professional responsibility, and damages of $286,400. The counterclaim triggered a duty to defend under a Shober Investments, Inc. insurance policy and occasioned the entry of appearance by counsel to defend Shober Builders.
[T4] The district court apparently entered a scheduling order in August of 2001, establishing relevant discovery deadlines and a discovery cutoff date. However, the content of this order cannot be confirmed because it appears from this Court's docket file that the order was not designated as part of the record on appeal and, consequently, not included in the certified record from' the district court.
On or about August 22, 2001, Sho-ber Builders and the third-party defendants submitted a request for admissions to the Oreutts pursuant to W.R.C.P. 36, which requires a response within thirty days or the matters are deemed admitted. A second set of interrogatories and request for admissions were similarly served on the Orcutts on or about October 19, 2001. The Orcutts' responses to the first admissions request were not served on opposing counsel until November 27, 2001, and their responses to the second admissions request were not served until December 19, 2001. The Oreutts do not deny the responses exceeded the thirty-day deadline established by the rule.
[T6] On or about November 27, 2001, Shober Builders and the third-party defen
dants filed a motion for summary judgment against the Oreutts relying upon the admissions to establish that no dispute of material fact existed and the admitted facts entitled them to judgment. After a December 17, 2001, hearing, the district court issued its order finding the Oreutts failed to timely respond to the two"requests for admissions and the factual matters set out in those requests were, therefore, deemed admitted. Further, the court held those admitted facts entitled Shober Builders and the third-party defendants to summary judgment.
The Or-cutts appeal from this order.
STANDARD OF REVIEW
The sole issue raised in this appeal from the summary judgment is the district court's interpretation of W.R.C.P. 86 and its own pretrial scheduling order. The Oreutts do not argue their admissions would not provide sufficient grounds for summary judgment.
Instead, they maintain a proper reading of W.R.C.P. 36 and the pretrial scheduling order requires this Court to find their responses to the requests for admissions were timely served.
[¶ 8] When we review a summary judgment, we have before us the same materials as did the district court, and we follow the same standards which applied to the proceedings below. The propriety of granting a motion for summary judgment depends upon the correctness of the district court's dual findings that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and the prevailing party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Reed v. Miles Land and Livestock Co., 2001 WY 16, ¶ 9 P.3d 1161, ¶ 9 (Wyo.2001); Mercado v. Trujillo, 980 P.2d 824, 825 (Wyo.1999). Because the issues are by nature questions of law, this Court gives no 'special deference to the determinations made by the district court. Aztec Gas & Oil Corporation v. Roemer Oil Company, 948 P.2d 902, 903 (Wyo.1997); Pecha v. Smith, Keller & Associates, 942 P.2d 387, 390 (Wyo.1997) ("A question of law is reviewed de novo by this Court as an exercise of its plenary authority, and no deference is given to the determination by the trial court"); Anderson v. Bommer, 926 P.2d 959, 961 (Wyo.1996) (our review is de novo, limited to questions of
law); JBC of Wyoming Corp. v. City of Cheyenne, 843 P.2d 1190, 1194 (Wyo.1992) (we owe no deference to the district court's determination of questions of law); Griffin v. Bethesda Foundation, 609 P.2d 459, 461 (Wyo.1980).
DISCUSSION
A. Request for Admissions Deadline
[¶ 9] The Orcutts do not refute that, "[plursuant to W.R.C.P. 836, 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
affords the district court the discretion to increase or decrease the thirty-day time frame for a party to respond to requests for admissions.
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KITE, Justice.
[T 11 Shober Investments, Inc., d/b/a Sho-ber Builders, filed a contract claim in district court against Charles R. and Mary L. Oreutt alleging a balance due of $18,610 for concrete work performed on the Oreutts' home. The Oreutts answered, counterelaimed, and filed a third-party complaint against Mickey, Mike, and Linda Shober. Shober Builders and the individual Shobers filed a motion for summary judgment when the Orcutts failed to timely respond to requests for admissions and other discovery demands. The district court granted the motion for summary judgment concluding the requested admissions, which were not timely answered, were deemed admitted. We affirm and award sanctions.
ISSUES
The Oreutts pose two issues which we rephrase as follows:
I,. If the court issues a scheduling order which establishes a deadline for .completion of discovery, does the order take precedence over the deadline for answering requests for admissions established in the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure?
II. If third-party defendants have requested admissions from other defendants and the response is not timely, may the plaintiff rely on the admissions?
FACTS
In the summer of 2000, the Orcutts hired Shober Builders under an oral contract to perform concrete work on a home in Campbell County. The work was completed in September 2000, and Shober Builders invoiced the Oreutts for $50,845. They paid $32,235 leaving an unpaid balance of $18,610. In October of 2000, Shober Builders provided the Oreutts with a "Notice of Intention to File Lien" pursuant to Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 29-2-107 (LexisNexis 2001)
and subsequently recorded a lien on the property. In April of 2001, Shober Builders filed a complaint for a lien foreclosure and a money judgment against the Oreutts to "which the Orcutts timely filed their "Answer, Counterclaim and Third Party Complaint." The Oreutts' counterclaim against Shober Builders and third-party complaint against Mickey, Mike, and Linda Shober, individually, alleged breach of contract, construction negligence, intentional disregard of professional responsibility, and damages of $286,400. The counterclaim triggered a duty to defend under a Shober Investments, Inc. insurance policy and occasioned the entry of appearance by counsel to defend Shober Builders.
[T4] The district court apparently entered a scheduling order in August of 2001, establishing relevant discovery deadlines and a discovery cutoff date. However, the content of this order cannot be confirmed because it appears from this Court's docket file that the order was not designated as part of the record on appeal and, consequently, not included in the certified record from' the district court.
On or about August 22, 2001, Sho-ber Builders and the third-party defendants submitted a request for admissions to the Oreutts pursuant to W.R.C.P. 36, which requires a response within thirty days or the matters are deemed admitted. A second set of interrogatories and request for admissions were similarly served on the Orcutts on or about October 19, 2001. The Orcutts' responses to the first admissions request were not served on opposing counsel until November 27, 2001, and their responses to the second admissions request were not served until December 19, 2001. The Oreutts do not deny the responses exceeded the thirty-day deadline established by the rule.
[T6] On or about November 27, 2001, Shober Builders and the third-party defen
dants filed a motion for summary judgment against the Oreutts relying upon the admissions to establish that no dispute of material fact existed and the admitted facts entitled them to judgment. After a December 17, 2001, hearing, the district court issued its order finding the Oreutts failed to timely respond to the two"requests for admissions and the factual matters set out in those requests were, therefore, deemed admitted. Further, the court held those admitted facts entitled Shober Builders and the third-party defendants to summary judgment.
The Or-cutts appeal from this order.
STANDARD OF REVIEW
The sole issue raised in this appeal from the summary judgment is the district court's interpretation of W.R.C.P. 86 and its own pretrial scheduling order. The Oreutts do not argue their admissions would not provide sufficient grounds for summary judgment.
Instead, they maintain a proper reading of W.R.C.P. 36 and the pretrial scheduling order requires this Court to find their responses to the requests for admissions were timely served.
[¶ 8] When we review a summary judgment, we have before us the same materials as did the district court, and we follow the same standards which applied to the proceedings below. The propriety of granting a motion for summary judgment depends upon the correctness of the district court's dual findings that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and the prevailing party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Reed v. Miles Land and Livestock Co., 2001 WY 16, ¶ 9 P.3d 1161, ¶ 9 (Wyo.2001); Mercado v. Trujillo, 980 P.2d 824, 825 (Wyo.1999). Because the issues are by nature questions of law, this Court gives no 'special deference to the determinations made by the district court. Aztec Gas & Oil Corporation v. Roemer Oil Company, 948 P.2d 902, 903 (Wyo.1997); Pecha v. Smith, Keller & Associates, 942 P.2d 387, 390 (Wyo.1997) ("A question of law is reviewed de novo by this Court as an exercise of its plenary authority, and no deference is given to the determination by the trial court"); Anderson v. Bommer, 926 P.2d 959, 961 (Wyo.1996) (our review is de novo, limited to questions of
law); JBC of Wyoming Corp. v. City of Cheyenne, 843 P.2d 1190, 1194 (Wyo.1992) (we owe no deference to the district court's determination of questions of law); Griffin v. Bethesda Foundation, 609 P.2d 459, 461 (Wyo.1980).
DISCUSSION
A. Request for Admissions Deadline
[¶ 9] The Orcutts do not refute that, "[plursuant to W.R.C.P. 836, 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
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 Oreutts did not ensure that the order upon which they rely was included in the record on appeal. Pursuant to W.R.AP. 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
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 ree-ord, 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.
As the appellants, the Oreutts 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 Oreutts' 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 Oreuttsg' legal argument presents only a bare asser
tion without evidentiary or legal support; consequently, reversal of the summary judgment is not warranted. Id.
[¶ 11] The Oreutts' 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.AP. 1.03." Basolo v. Gose, 994 P.2d 968, 969 (Wyo.2000).
B. Reliance on Requests for Admissions by All Parties
[¶ 12] The Oreutts also maintain their admissions can be relied upon by only the individual party who propounded the requests. This issue is also presented without cogent argument or relevant legal authority. Authority is provided that the admissions of one party cannot be inferred to be the admissions of another party. However, this concept has no bearing on the instant case. The 'Orcutts' admissions were not attributed to another party. Rather, consistent with the language of W.R.C.P. 36, another defendant relied upon the Oreutts' admissions for purposes of a summary judgment motion. This is consistent with the wording of the rule:
(b) Effect of Admission. Any matter admitted under this rule is conclusively established unless the court on motion permits withdrawal or amendment of the admission.... Any admission made by a party under this rule is for the purpose of the pending action only and is not an admission for any other purpose nor may it be used against the party in any other proceeding.
W.R.C.P. 36(b). We conclude the admissions were properly utilized in this case.
C. Sanctions
[¶ 13] Shober Builders requests sanctions against the Orcutts claiming they had no reasonable basis on which to appeal from the district court's entry of judgment and failed to support their contentions with cogent argument and pertinent legal authority. Though we are generally reluctant to do so, we conclude such an award is warranted in this matter because the Oreutts blatantly disregarded the rules which require the appellants to designate an adequate record on appeal and failed to provide cogent argument and pertinent legal authority to support their contentions. Ahearn v. Hollon, 2002 WY 125, ¶ 29, 53 P.3d 87, ¶ 29 (Wyo.2002); Gray v. Stratton Real Estate, 2001 WY 125, ¶ 11, 36 P.3d 1127, ¶ 11 (Wyo.2001); Small v. Convenience Plus Partners, Ltd., 6 P.3d 1254, 1256 (Wyo.2000). Shober Builders is directed to submit a statement of costs and attorney fees incurred in responding to this appeal. WRAP. 10.06. Upon review, we will award an appropriate amount in the form of sanctions.
[¶14] Affirmed.