UNPUBLISHED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,

PC; J. FREDERICK SINCLAIR; THOMAS J.

No. 97-1185

CURCIO; ANTONIA LEIGH PETTIT; CARTER

& KRAMER, PC; CHARLES WARREN

KRAMER; JACOBOVITZ, ENGLISH & SMITH,

PC; DAVID SMITH; BARBARA OZELLA

REVES; CLAUDE DAVID CONVISSER;

WILLIAM G. BILLINGHAM; NANCY

GERTNER; PATRICIA GRIEST; JODY L.

NEWMAN; JOHN F. DAVIS; MARY AUDREY

LARKIN; LOIS AMES; DELMAR D.

HARTLEY; ANTHONY JOSEPH PETTIT; ANNE

CONNELL; WILLIAM C. HILLMAN; ROGER

A. COX,

Defendants-Appellees,
STEPHEN A. ARMSTRONG,

Party in Interest-Appellee,

and

MADDONA LEA SCHAMP PETTIT, removed

to Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern

District of Virginia,

Defendant.

Appeal 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: October 28, 1997

Decided: November 18, 1997

Before HAMILTON, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

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Affirmed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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COUNSEL

Richard L. Bast, Appellant Pro Se. Victor Michael Glasberg, VICTOR M. GLASBERG & ASSOCIATES, Alexandria, Virginia; Frank

Willard Dunham, Jr., COHEN, GETTINGS, DUNHAM & HARRISON, Arlington, Virginia; Barbara Ozella Reves, Alexandria, Virginia; John Otto Easton, JORDAN, COYNE & SAVITS, Fairfax,

Virginia; Patricia Griest, Beavercreek, Ohio; Pamela Anne Bresnahan, Steven Robert Becker, VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR &

PEASE, Washington, D.C.; Stephen A. Armstrong, ARMSTRONG &

CARON, Fairfax, Virginia; Gottlieb James Frick, II, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellees.

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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See

Local Rule 36(c).

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OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Richard L. Bast appeals from the district court's orders denying his

motions to recuse and for reconsideration of his motion to recuse. Our

review of the record and the district court's opinions discloses that

this appeal is without merit. We find that the district court did not

abuse its discretion in denying either Bast's motion for recusal, see

United States v. Mitchell, 886 F.2d 667, 671 (4th Cir. 1989), or his

motion for reconsideration of the denial of his motion for recusal. See

Collision v. International Chem. Workers Union, 34 F.3d 233, 236

(4th Cir. 1994). Accordingly, we affirm the district court's orders.

Appellees have filed a motion to dismiss this appeal and for sanctions. We find that Bast's appeal is frivolous, as it is without factual

or legal support. Plus, it is the latest of several of Bast's frivolous

appeals, and is merely a continuation of Bast's abuse of the legal process. We deny Appellees' motion to dismiss, but grant Appellees'

motion for Fed. R. App. P. 38 sanctions and remand to the district

court for a determination of costs and attorneys' fees. See In re

Vincent, 105 F.3d 943, 944 (4th Cir. 1997). We deny as moot Appellees' motion for ruling on pending motion to dismiss and for sanctions. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal

contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the Court

and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED AND REMANDED

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