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UNPUBLISHED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.

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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

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Decided: July 12, 1996

Before HAMILTON, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

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Nos. 95-2637 and 96-1038 affirmed and No. 96-1039 affirmed in
part, dismissed in part, and remanded by unpublished per curiam
opinion.

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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.

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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:

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

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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

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