Legal Opinion
Shalant v. Girardi
California Supreme Court
Decided June 23, 2011No. S182629PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WERDEGAR, J.
Plaintiff Joseph L. Shalant, having previously been declared a vexatious litigant (Code Civ. Proc., § 391, subd. (b)), 1 was subject to a prefiling order, issued under section 391.7, barring him “from filing any new litigation” (id., subd. (a)) in propria persona in a California court without leave of the court’s presiding judge. He filed the present litigation through counsel, but lost his representation while the action was pending. On defendants’ motions, the trial court dismissed Shalant’s complaint on the ground he had not complied with section 391.7. The Court of…
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