In re Prefiling Order Declaring Vexatious Litigant, Pursuant to I.C.A.R. 59.

This appeal arises from an administrative order declaring Ronald Van Hook a vexatious litigant under Idaho Court Administrative Rule 59. Van Hook appealed. We now affirm, holding that there was no abuse of discretion when the administrative district judge found Van Hook to be a vexatious litigant.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This case began as a highly contentious divorce proceeding between Van Hook and his then-wife Dawn Cannon, in which Van Hook lost custody of his children (hereinafter the Canyon County divorce case). Van Hook was represented by legal counsel only for portions of…