California Court of Appeal
Forrest v. Cal. Dep't of Corps., B186670
A trial court has authority under Code of Civil Procedure section 391.7 to dismiss a lawsuit during the pendency of litigation when a vexatious litigant under a prefiling order is not represented by counsel and has not obtained permission from the presiding judge to proceed unrepresented.
Appellate Information
- Decided 04/25/2007
- Published 04/25/2007
Judges
- DOI TODD, J.
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Dunn Koes,Pamela E. Dunn, Daniel J. Koes, Pasadena, and Mayo Makarczyk for Plaintiff and Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jacob A. Appelsmith, Assistant Attorney General, Silvia M. Diaz and Patricia A. Nevonen, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.