ESPINOSA, Judge.
¶ 1 Kondaur Capital Corporation (Kondaur) seeks review of a declaratory judgment addressing the manner in which Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu and Pinal County Sheriff's Department (collectively, PCSO) enforce writs of restitution issued in connection with statutory eviction actions. See A.R.S. §§ 12-1178 (addressing forcible detainer actions), and 33-1377 (addressing special detainer
¶ 2 In March 2010, Kondaur purchased a Pinal County residential property at a trustee's sale. When the occupants of the property, Clinton and Catherine White,
¶ 3 Kondaur subsequently filed a motion for summary judgment in which it argued that PCSO was required to enforce a writ of restitution "by the end of the following business day after receiving it absent exigent circumstances," and further argued that, as owner of the property, Kondaur was "not required to provide the former occupant with a moving truck or [other] assistance [in] moving the former occupant's personal property." In a response and cross-motion for summary judgment, PCSO urged the court to find that it had at least ten business days to serve and enforce a writ of restitution and could require the owner of the property to provide the occupant with assistance in removing the occupant's personal property.
¶ 4 After these issues had been fully briefed, Kondaur filed a supplemental motion for summary judgment in which it raised four additional issues concerning eviction procedure, including the proper method for handling information concerning the occupants' bankruptcy, the circumstances under which a writ of restitution can expire, how to obtain a new writ upon expiration and the length of time occupants can remain in the property after having been served with a writ of restitution. The trial court entered judgment on Kondaur's declaratory judgment claim, citing A.R.S. § 12-1831 (Scope of Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act) and Ariz. R. Civ. P. 57 (Declaratory Judgments), in support of its finding that the claim was justiciable.
¶ 5 Kondaur's first appeal was dismissed by this court for lack of jurisdiction because its claim for unjust enrichment against the Whites was still pending at the time the notice of appeal was filed. Kondaur Capital Corp., No. 2 CA-CV 2012-0004, ¶¶ 1, 8. The unjust enrichment claim subsequently was dismissed by the trial court on Kondaur's motion, and this appeal followed. Although we generally have jurisdiction to review declaratory judgments pursuant to A.R.S. §§ 12-1837 and 12-2101(A)(1), we decline to do so here for reasons set forth below.
¶ 6 As an initial matter, we address Kondaur's standing to seek review of all issues ruled on by the trial court. While Kondaur acknowledges that the court "agreed with [its] position and granted the relief requested on some of the issues presented," it nevertheless seeks review of "all of the issues considered by the Superior Court."
¶ 7 Although Kondaur cites Camreta v. Greene, ___ U.S. ___, 131 S.Ct. 2020, 179 L.Ed.2d 1118 (2011), as support for its contention that "a prevailing party may appeal a Court's order," that decision is inapt for several reasons. Camreta addressed the application of article III of the United States Constitution and its "case-or-controversy requirement" to a petition for certiorari filed by defendants who had lost on the merits but succeeded on their claim of qualified immunity. Id. at 2028-29. Unlike its federal counterpart, Arizona's constitution does not feature a "case-or-controversy" requirement; rather, the directive to intermediate courts to consider appeals brought by "aggrieved" parties is rule-based. See Ariz. R. Civ.App. P. 1. Moreover, the holding in Camreta was expressly confined to situations in which an immunized party seeks review in the Supreme Court of a decision finding the party's conduct had violated a litigant's constitutional rights. Id. at 2033 ("Our decision today does no more than exempt one special category of cases from our usual rule against considering prevailing parties' petitions."). It therefore has no application to the issue at hand. Finally, the essence of the Camreta holding — that a litigant who prevailed on one issue but lost on another may appeal the adverse portion of the ruling — is entirely consistent with our decision here. We therefore decline Kondaur's invitation to expand the scope of our review, and address only those portions of the ruling wherein the trial court did not adopt Kondaur's position — specifically, Issues 1, 5, and 7.
¶ 8 We now consider whether Kondaur's remaining claims for declaratory relief were rendered moot by the Whites' eviction from the property. Although, as noted above, Arizona courts are not constitutionally
¶ 9 The dispute that prompted Kondaur's claims against PCSO was resolved when the Whites were evicted from their home in July 2011. Indeed, Kondaur acknowledged at oral argument on its motion for summary judgment that, as a result of the "Whites hav[ing] been locked out ... the issues regarding the execution of the writ" are "moot," and confirmed that it was "seeking declaratory judgment not so much for this case, as much as to have guidance for how the sheriff's office should be functioning in future cases." It nevertheless urges us on appeal to "issue a published opinion detailing [our] interpretation of ... Arizona eviction procedures" and providing "clear direction on how these issues should be dealt with" because they arise with "frequen[cy] ... in Arizona." Given the undisputed absence of a live controversy, our consideration of the merits hinges on the application of one of the exceptions to the mootness doctrine identified above. See, e.g., Contempo-Tempe, 144 Ariz. at 230, 696 P.2d at 1379. We conclude that neither applies here.
¶ 10 The exception courts have carved out for issues of "great public importance" typically applies when an "issue ... will have broad public impact beyond resolution of the specific case." Cardoso v. Soldo, 230 Ariz. 614, ¶ 6, 277 P.3d 811, 814 (App.2012). We generally decline to apply this exception where an appellant's argument is grounded on events that occurred in the specific case. Id. Here, despite Kondaur's attempt to portray the issues raised in the trial court's declaratory judgment as broadly relevant, it is apparent from the ruling that they reflect a complicated progression of interwoven facts dependent on specific responses to a writ of restitution by the occupants of a property and the executing authority. More importantly, Issues 1, 5, and 7 were resolved through straightforward application of the statutory language, confirming that this case is not appropriate for discretionary review pursuant to the "public importance" exception because it does not involve a significant question. See London v. Broderick, 206 Ariz. 490, ¶ 7, 80 P.3d 769, 771 (2003) (deciding a moot issue "because the issue it raises is important"); Big D Constr. Corp. v. Court of Appeals, 163 Ariz. 560, 563, 789 P.2d 1061, 1064 (1990) (courts will consider "significant questions" pursuant to public importance exception to mootness doctrine).
¶ 11 Nor do we find that discretionary review is appropriate pursuant to the exception applied to issues that are "`capable of repetition yet evading review.'" Bank of New York Mellon, 227 Ariz. 192, ¶ 8, 254 P.3d at 1140, quoting Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., 200 Ariz. 457, ¶ 12, 27 P.3d at 817. Although Kondaur cites "ongoing disputes" with "[PCSO] and other Sheriff Departments" and argues broadly that "these issues continually arise in Arizona," it has failed to identify any other properties it owns or intends to purchase in Pinal County. Accordingly, there is no support for a conclusion that the parties' underlying dispute is "capable of repetition." See 5 Am.Jur.2d App. Rev. § 602 (mootness doctrine limited to situations where same complaining party will be subjected to same action again); see also Murphy v. Hunt, 455 U.S. 478, 482-83, 102 S.Ct. 1181, 71 L.Ed.2d 353 (1982) ("capable of repetition yet evading review" exception requires "reasonable expectation
¶ 12 In any event, Kondaur has not demonstrated that these issues are likely to evade review if they arise again in the context of an eviction action. Issues are typically characterized as "evading review" where time constraints prevent an appeal from being heard. Compare Cardoso, 230 Ariz. 614, ¶¶ 7-8, 277 P.3d at 814 (declining to apply exception where challenged order of protection was effective for one year after service); with KPNX Broad. v. Superior Court, 139 Ariz. 246, 250, 678 P.2d 431, 435 (1984) (applying exception to case involving public release of courtroom sketches based on short duration of criminal trials); Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., 200 Ariz. 457, ¶ 14, 27 P.3d at 817 (claim that newspaper was being denied access to records could evade review because of short time between creation of records and public release); State v. Sirny, 160 Ariz. 292, 293, 772 P.2d 1145, 1146 (App.1989) (considering challenge to statute authorizing defendant's expired three month jail sentence based on "relative brevity of the sentences imposed under the statute"). Here, more than a year elapsed between the filing of Kondaur's action against the Whites and their ultimate eviction from the property. Had Kondaur moved for preliminary injunctive relief during that time, see Rule 65, Ariz. R. Civ. P., these issues likely could have been resolved on appeal before they had become moot, see § 12-2101(A)(5)(b) (denial of injunctive relief is appealable order); Ariz. Citizens Clean Elections Comm'n v. Brain, 233 Ariz. 280, ¶ 9, 311 P.3d 1093, 1097 (App. 2013), review granted in part (Ariz. Nov. 26, 2013). The exception for issues that may evade appellate review is therefore inapt.
¶ 13 For all of the foregoing reasons, we decline to consider the issues presented by this appeal, which is hereby dismissed as moot.