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          produced no documents.  Due to the inadequacy of petitioners’               
          informal responses, on August 8, 2002, respondent served                    
          interrogatories on Mr. Bedford.  Petitioners failed to respond to           
          the interrogatories.                                                        
               On August 9, 2002, respondent’s requests for admission in              
          regard to both the Basiles and BHC were filed.  Petitioners never           
          replied to respondent’s requests, so they are deemed admitted.              
          Rule 90(c).                                                                 
               On September 13, 2002, respondent’s motions to compel                  
          responses to respondent’s interrogatories were filed.  On                   
          September 16, 2002, we granted respondent’s motions in that                 
          petitioners were to serve upon respondent’s counsel “full,                  
          complete, and responsive responses made under oath and in good              
          faith” to the interrogatories.  We warned petitioners that if               
          they did not fully comply with the order, we would be inclined to           
          impose sanctions.  Petitioners failed to comply with the                    
          September 16, 2002, order.                                                  
               On October 27, 2002, Mr. Bedford telephoned respondent’s               
          counsel to inform him that he was experiencing car trouble and              
          that he did not anticipate making it to the calendar call the               
          next day.  On October 28, 2002, this case was called at the                 
          Court’s Tampa, Florida, trial session.  Although counsel for                
          respondent appeared and was heard, no appearance was made by or             
          on behalf of petitioners.  We continued this case.                          






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