Kanazeh v. Microsoft Corp. ( 2003 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-1023
AFAF KANAZEH,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
MICROSOFT CORPORATION; PRODIGY COMMUNICATION
CORPORATION; AMERICAN ONLINE; TIME WARNER,
INCORPORATED; LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION;
MICHAEL K. MANN,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 03-1205
AFAF KANAZEH,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
MICROSOFT CORPORATION; PRODIGY COMMUNICATION
CORPORATION; AMERICAN ONLINE; TIME WARNER,
INCORPORATED; LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION;
MICHAEL K. MANN,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. T.S. Ellis, III, District
Judge. (CA-02-1073-A)
Submitted: June 6, 2003 Decided: June 26, 2003
Before NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Afaf Kanazeh, Appellant Pro Se. Michael Wayne Robinson, VENABLE,
BAETJER & HOWARD, Vienna, Virginia; Jeffrey Hamilton Geiger, SANDS,
ANDERSON, MARKS & MILLER, Richmond, Virginia; Laura Ann Heyman,
AMERICA ONLINE, INCORPORATED, Dulles, Virginia; Michelle Loser
Schaefer, PIPER RUDNICK, L.L.P., Reston, Virginia, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
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PER CURIAM:
In these consolidated appeals, Afaf Kanazeh appeals three
district court orders dismissing her complaint and ending the
litigation. On April 16, 2003, by order to cause, Kanazeh was
ordered to show why she should not be sanctioned for filing
frivolous appeals and enjoined from filing further actions.
Kanazeh filed a response claiming her appeals were not frivolous.
After reviewing the appeals we disagree. Kanazeh has filed numerous
frivolous appeals in this court and in so doing has abused the
judicial process. Kanazeh has also been sanctioned for frivolous
litigation in state court and in the district court. In lieu of
particularized fees and costs and in light of Kanazeh’s utter
disregard for the limited resources of this court, we order her to
pay sanctions in the amount of $500 payable to the clerk of the
court, as we have done in similar cases. See In re Vincent, 105
F.3d 943 (4th Cir. 1997). In addition, we enjoin Kanazeh from
filing any further appeals in this court until (1) the sanctions
are fully paid, and (2) the district court certifies the appeal is
not frivolous.
We have reviewed the record and the district court orders and
dismiss Kanazeh’s appeals as frivolous. Appellee Prodigy
Communications Corporation has filed a motion for sanctions which
we deny as moot. In both appeals, Kanazeh has filed a motion for
judgment and in No. 03-1205, Kanazeh has filed a motion for oral
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argument. We deny the motions. 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.
DISMISSED
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