William J.M. Polan appeals from the district court’s order imposing sanctions against him in the amount of $10,000 plus one-third of certain costs. The sanction resulted from Polan’s failure to properly notify the court, during a proceeding in which he and his father were the defendants, that his father had died and that he was not a co-executor of his father’s estate, as the plaintiffs believed. As a result of these failures, a judgment previously entered in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $208,637.50 had to be vacated.

We find that the district court acted within its discretion in imposing sanctions against Polan. See Chambers v. NASCO, Inc., 501 U.S. 32, 111 S.Ct. 2123, 115 L.Ed.2d 27 (1991). Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. See Glucksberg v. Polan, No. CA-99-129-3 (S.D.W. Va. June 12, 2003). We deny Polan’s motion for oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before *364 the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED