California Court of Appeal

For future cases where issues of "vexatious litigants" are raised: 1) courts have the statutory authority to lift a prefiling order entered against an individual adjudicated to be a vexatious litigant; 2) the opinion provides a roadmap as to how a person already adjudicated to be a vexatious litigant can succeed in having that determination lifted; and 3) factors for future trial judges to consider when inquiring whether a vexatious litigant has "mended his ways" include, inter alia: a propensity for honesty, a showing of genuine remorse for the cost of litigation inflicted on others, and an actual capitulation of the habit of suing people as a way of life.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/24/2008
• Published 03/24/2008

Judges

• SILLS, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John Luckett, in pro. per., for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Hollins & Levy, Byron S. Hollins and Laura M. Levy, Calabasas, for Defendant and Respondent.