Legal Opinion

Zatko v. Rowland

District Court, N.D. California

Decided October 22, 1993No. C 90-3035 BAC, C 90-3172 BACPublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

CAULFIELD, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

On October 12, 1991, two consolidated actions, C 90-3035 BAC and C 90-3072 BAC, were reassigned to this court. The plaintiff, Vladimir Zatko, has since filed more than 63 papers concerning these matters alone. Zatko, presently a prisoner in Corcoran State Prison, has been and continues to be a notoriously vexatious litigant. Subject to prefiling review in the Northern District since 1973, 1 Zatko was originally permitted to file this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action after the court found 20 of the 64 alleged claims cognizable in the Northern District. The…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Neitzke v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981

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3Cited by17 opinions

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  5. Shepherd v. AultDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1997

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