Legal Opinion
Justin Ringgold-Lockhart v. County of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 4, 2014No. 18-35163PublishedCited by 380 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BERZON, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to consider the limits of a federal court’s authority to impose pre-filing restrictions against so-called vexatious litigants. The case arises from one of many episodes in a legal saga involving Nina Ringgold and the Los An-geles Probate Court. Ringgold brought a federal lawsuit challenging the Probate Court’s authority to remove her as a trustee of the Aubry Family Trust. The district court dismissed the suit in a series of rulings, culminating in an order declaring Ringgold and co-plaintiff, Justin Ringgold-Lockhart, vexatious litigants.…
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