Court Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED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,
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Affirmed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.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, VIC-
TOR M. GLASBERG & ASSOCIATES, Alexandria, Virginia; Frank
Willard Dunham, Jr., COHEN, GETTINGS, DUNHAM & HARRI-
SON, Arlington, Virginia; Barbara Ozella Reves, Alexandria, Vir-
ginia; John Otto Easton, JORDAN, COYNE & SAVITS, Fairfax,
Virginia; Patricia Griest, Beavercreek, Ohio; Pamela Anne Bresna-
han, Steven Robert Becker, VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR &
PEASE, Washington, D.C.; Stephen A. Armstrong, ARMSTRONG &
CARON, Fairfax, Virginia; Gottlieb James Frick, II, Alexandria, Vir-
ginia, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 sanc-
tions. 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 pro-
cess. 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 Appel-
lees' motion for ruling on pending motion to dismiss and for sanc-
tions. 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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