Bast v. Glasberg

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

RICHARD L. BAST,

Plaintiff-Appellant, and

INTER-WORLD DEVELOPMENT

CORPORATION; INTERNATIONAL

INVESTIGATIONS, INCORPORATED,

Plaintiffs, v.

VICTOR MICHAEL GLASBERG; JEANNE

GOLDBERG; COHEN, DUNN &

SINCLAIR, P.C.; J. FREDERICK

SINCLAIR; THOMAS J. CURCIO; CARTER & KRAMER, P.C.; CHARLES WARREN

KRAMER; JACOBOVITZ, ENGLISH &

SMITH, P.C.; DAVID BENJAMIN SMITH;

No. 95-2637 BARBARA OZELLA REVES; CLAUDE

DAVID CONVISSER; WILLIAM G.

BILLINGHAM; NANCY GERTNER;

JODY L. NEWMAN; ROGER A. COX,

Defendants-Appellees, and

ANTONIA LEIGH PETTIT; PATRICIA

GRIEST; JOHN F. DAVIS; MARY

AUDREY LARKIN; LOIS AMES;

DELMAR D. HARTLEY; ANTHONY

JOSEPH PETTIT; MADDONA LEA

SCHAMP PETTIT, removed to

Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern

District of Virginia; ANNE CONNELL;

WILLIAM C. HILLMAN,

Defendants.

RICHARD L. BAST,

Plaintiff-Appellant, and

INTER-WORLD DEVELOPMENT

CORPORATION; INTERNATIONAL

INVESTIGATIONS, INCORPORATED,

Plaintiffs, v.

JOHN F. DAVIS; ANTHONY JOSEPH

PETTIT; MADDONA LEA SCHAMP

PETTIT, removed to Bankruptcy

Court for the Eastern District of

Virginia,

Defendants-Appellees, and

No. 96-1038 VICTOR MICHAEL GLASBERG; JEANNE

GOLDBERG; COHEN, DUNN &

SINCLAIR, P.C.; J. FREDERICK

SINCLAIR; THOMAS J. CURCIO;

ANTONIA LEIGH PETTIT; CARTER &

KRAMER, P.C.; CHARLES WARREN

KRAMER; JACOBOVITZ, ENGLISH &

SMITH, P.C.; DAVID BENJAMIN SMITH;

BARBARA OZELLA REVES; CLAUDE

DAVID CONVISSER; WILLIAM G.

BILLINGHAM; NANCY GERTNER;

PATRICIA GRIEST; JODY L. NEWMAN;

MARY AUDREY LARKIN; LOIS AMES;

DELMAR D. HARTLEY; ANNE

CONNELL; WILLIAM C. HILLMAN;

ROGER A. COX,

Defendants.

INTER-WORLD DEVELOPMENT

CORPORATION; INTERNATIONAL

INVESTIGATIONS, INCORPORATED;

RICHARD L. BAST,

Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.

VICTOR MICHAEL GLASBERG; JEANNE

GOLDBERG; COHEN, DUNN &

SINCLAIR, P.C.; J. FREDERICK

SINCLAIR; THOMAS J. CURCIO;

ANTONIA LEIGH PETTIT; CARTER &

KRAMER, P.C.; CHARLES WARREN

KRAMER; JACOBOVITZ, ENGLISH &

SMITH, P.C.; DAVID SMITH; BARBARA

OZELLA REVES; CLAUDE DAVID

No. 96-1039 CONVISSER; WILLIAM G. BILLINGHAM;

NANCY GERTNER; PATRICIA GRIEST;

JODY L. NEWMAN; JOHN F. DAVIS;

MARY AUDREY LARKIN; LOIS AMES;

ANTHONY JOSEPH PETTIT; ROGER A.

COX,

Defendants-Appellees, and

DELMAR D. HARTLEY; MADDONA LEA

SCHAMP PETTIT, removed to

Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern

District of Virginia; ANNE CONNELL;

WILLIAM C. HILLMAN,

Defendants.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria.

Albert V. Bryan, Jr., Senior District Judge. (CA-95-531-A)

Submitted: May 28, 1996 Decided: July 12, 1996

Before HAMILTON, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges. _________________________________________________________________ Nos. 95-2637 and 96-1038 affirmed and No. 96-1039 affirmed in part, dismissed in part, and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion. _________________________________________________________________ COUNSEL

Richard L. Bast, Appellant Pro Se; Eugene B. Livaudais, Manassas, Virginia, for Appellants. Victor Michael Glasberg, VICTOR M.

GLASBERG & ASSOCIATES, Alexandria, Virginia; Barbara Ozella Reves, Alexandria, Virginia; John Otto Easton, JORDAN, COYNE & SAVITS, Fairfax, Virginia; Frank Willard Dunham, Jr., COHEN, GETTINGS, DUNHAM & HARRISON, Arlington, Virginia; Patricia Griest, Beavercreek, Ohio; Pamela Anne Bresnahan, Steven Robert Becker, VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR & PEASE, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. _________________________________________________________________ Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). _________________________________________________________________ OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Appellants Richard L. Bast, Inter-World Development Corp., and International Investigations, Inc., appeal the district court's decisions dismissing their civil action (No. 95-2637), denying their FED. R. CIV. P. 60(b) motion (No. 96-1038), and imposing FED . R. CIV. P. 11 sanc- tions (No. 96-1039). We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinions and find no reversible errors. Accordingly, we affirm No. 95-2637 and 96-1038 on the reasoning of the district court, and affirm No. 96-1039 on the reasoning of the district court only as to Appellant Bast. Bast v. Glasberg, No. CA-95-531-A (E.D. Va. Aug. 4, 1995; Nov. 20, 1995; Dec. 6, 1995). As to the corporate Appel- lants, we dismiss No. 96-1039 for lack of prosecution because they failed to file counsel information, and corporations are not permitted to proceed without representation.

Additionally, we deny Appellants' motions to stay the proceedings because of their petitions for bankruptcy. See Alpern v. Lieb, 11 F.3d 689 (7th Cir. 1993). We deny Appellant Bast's renewed motion to stay on the basis of his medical condition, deny his motion for addi- tional time to obtain counsel for the corporate Appellants, and deny Appellees' motion for summary affirmance. Finally, we grant Appel- lees' motion for FED. R. APP. P. 38 sanctions and remand to the dis- trict court for a determination of costs and attorneys' fees.

No. 95-2637 - AFFIRMED

No. 96-1038 - AFFIRMED

No. 96-1039 - AFFIRMED IN PART, DISMISSED IN PART, AND REMANDED