This is an appeal from a post-judgment order denying a request for attorney fees. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Elizabeth Goff Gonzalez, Judge.1

Appellant requested attorney fees under NRCP 68, which the district court denied. In doing so, the district court found that respondent brought its claims against appellant in good faith; that appellant's offer of judgment was not reasonable in its amount given the potentially preclusive effect of that offer with respect to respondent's claims against nonparty SFR Investments; and that respondent reasonably rejected the offer given the offer's potentially preclusive effect. See Beattie v. Thomas, 99 Nev. 579, 588- 89, 668 P.2d 268, 274 (1983) ("In exercising its discretion regarding the allowance of fees and costs under NRCP 68, the trial court must carefully ^[1] Pursuant to NRAP 34(f)(1), we have determined that oral argument is not warranted in this appeal. *2 e v a l u a t e t h e f o ll o w i ng f ac t o r s : ( 1 ) w h e t h e r t h e p l a i n ti ff s c l a i m w a s b r ough t i n good f a it h ; ( 2 ) w h e t h e r t h e d e f e nd a n t s o ff e r o f j udg m e n t w a s r ea s on a b l e a nd i n good f a it h i n bo t h it s ti m i ng a nd a m oun t; ( 3 ) w h e t h e r t h e p l a i n ti ff s d ec i s i on t o r e j ec t t h e o ff e r a nd p r o cee d t o t r i a l w a s g r o ss l y un r ea s on a b l e o r i n b a d f a it h ; a nd ( 4 ) w h e t h e r t h e f ee s s ough t by t h e o ff e r o r a r e r ea s on a b l e a nd j u s ti f i e d i n a m oun t . " ) .

A pp e ll a n t c on t e nd s t h a t t h e d i s t r i c t c ou r t e rr e d i n d ec li n i ng t o a w a r d f ee s b eca u s e r e s pond e n t ' s c l a i m s w e r e m a i n t a i n e d i n b a d f a it h f o ll o w i ng t h i s c ou r t ' s r e v e r s a l a nd r e m a nd o f a p r e v i ou s a pp ea l , a nd t h a t a pp e ll a n t ' s o ff e r o f j udg m e n t w ou l d no t h a v e p r ec l u s i v e e ff ec t w it h r e s p ec t t o r e s pond e n t ' s c l a i m s a g a i n s t SF R . W e a r e no t p e r s u a d e d t h a t t h e d i s t r i c t c ou r t a bu s e d it s d i s c r e ti on . 2 S ee W a t s on R ound s , P . C . v . E i gh t h J ud i c i a l D i s t , C ou r t , 131 N e v . 783 , 787 , 358 P . 3d 228 , 231 ( 2015 ) (r e v i e w i ng a d i s t r i c t c ou r t ' s d ec i s i on r e g a r d i ng w h e t h e r t o a w a r d a tt o r n e y f ee s f o r a n a bu s e o f d i s c r e ti on ) ; M B A m ., I n c . v . A l a s k a P a c . L e a s i ng C o ., 132 N e v . 78 , 88 , 367 P . 3d 1286 , 1292 ( 2016 ) ( " A n a bu s e o f d i s c r e ti on ca n o cc u r w h e n t h e d i s t r i c t c ou r t b a s e s it s d ec i s i on on a c l ea r l y e rr on e ou s f ac t u a l d e t e r m i n a ti on o r it d i s r e g a r d s c on t r o lli ng l a w . " ) . I n p a r ti c u l a r , t h e d i s t r i c t c ou r t d e n i e d a pp e ll a n t ' s m o ti on f o r s u mm a r y j udg m e n t a g a i n s t r e s pond e n t a f t e r t h i s c ou r t ' s r e m a nd , w h i c h i nd i ca t e s t h e d i s t r i c t c ou r t s till f ound r e s pond e n t ' s c l a i m s a g a i n s t a pp e ll a n t t o b e po t e n ti a ll y m e r it o r i ou s . 3 ^[2] W e a l s o a r e no t p e r s u a d e d by a pp e ll a n t ' s a r gu m e n t t h a t a d e novo s t a nd a r d o f r e v i e w s hou l d a pp l y . ^[3] T h e d i s t r i c t c ou r t a l s o d e n i e d a pp e ll a n t ' s m o ti on f o r r ec on s i d e r a ti on , c l a r i f y i ng t h a t t h e c l a i m s r e m a i n e d po t e n t i a l l y m e r i t o r i ou s b e ca u s e *3 M o r e ov e r , w h il e w e qu e s ti on w h e t h e r acce p ti ng a pp e ll a n t ' s o ff e r o f j udg m e n t w ou l d h a v e h a d p r ec l u s i v e e ff ec t on r e s pond e n t ' s c l a i m s a g a i n s t SF R , a pp e ll a n t d i d no t p r ov i d e t h e d i s t r i c t c ou r t w it h a ny a u t ho r it y i nd i ca ti ng t h a t t h e o ff e r w ou l d no t h a v e a p r ec l u s i v e e ff ec t . 4 S ee M B A r n ., I n c ., 132 N e v . a t 88 , 367 P . 3d a t 1292 ( " A n a bu s e o f d i s c r e ti on ca n o cc u r w h e n t h e d i s t r i c t c ou r t b a s e s it s d ec i s i on on a c l ea r l y e rr on e ou s f ac t u a l d e t e r m i n a ti on o r it d i s r e g a r d s c on t r o lli ng l a w . " ) ; s ee a l s o U n it e d S t a t e s v . I r ey , 612 F . 3d 1160 , 1189 ( 11 t h C i r . 2010 ) ( s t a ti ng t h a t t h e r e l e v a n t i nqu i r y w h e n r e v i e w i ng f o r a n a bu s e o f d i s c r e ti on i s no t w h e t h e r t h e a pp e ll a t e c ou r t w ou l d c o m e t o t h e s a m e c on c l u s i on , bu t " w h e t h e r t h e d i s t r i c t c ou r t ' s d ec i s i on w a s t e n a b l e " ( i n t e r n a l quo t a ti on m a r k s o m itt e d )) . r e s pond e n t h a d s u ff i c i e n tl y a ll e g e d t h a t it w a s e n titl e d t o e x ce ss p r o cee d s fr o m a pp e ll a n t i f t h e f o r ec l o s u r e s a l e e x ti ngu i s h e d a pp e ll a n t ' s d ee d o f t r u s t . A pp e ll a n t ob s e r v e s on a pp ea l t h a t t h e d i s t r i c t c ou r t ' s j udg m e n t f o ll o w i ng t h e b e n c h t r i a l c on t a i n e d ce r t a i n f i nd i ng s t h a t c on t r a d i c t e d it s ea r li e r c l a r i f i ca ti on , bu t a pp e ll a n t d i d no t c oh e r e n tl y b r i ng t h a t c on t r a d i c ti on t o t h e d i s t r i c t c ou r t ' s a tt e n ti on w h e n e xp l a i n i ng w hy t h e B e a tti e v . T ho m a s f ac t o r s j u s ti f i e d a n a w a r d o f a tt o r n e y f ee s , a nd w e d ec li n e t o c on s i d e r t h e po t e n ti a l s i gn i f i ca n ce o f t h i s c on t r a d i c ti on f o r t h e f i r s t ti m e on a pp ea l . O l d A z t ec M i n e , I n c . v . B r o w n , 97 N e v . 49 , 52 , 623 , P . 2d 981 , 983 ( 1981 ) . ^[4] 0n a pp ea l , a pp e ll a n t h a s c it e d t o N a ti on s t a r M o r t gag e LL C v . 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