In re Washington
Filed 5/23/06 In re Washington CA5
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
In re Finding of RODERICK WASHINGTON as a Vexatious Litigant. | F050010 O P I N I O N |
THE COURT*
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING; proceeding to find Roderick Washington a vexatious litigant.
Roderick Washington, in pro. Per.
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BACKGROUND
In December 2004, the Kings County Superior Court declared Roderick Washington, an inmate a Corcoran State Prison, a vexatious litigant subject to a prefiling order. (Code Civ. Proc., § 391.7.[1]) That order was vacated in 2005 because it was based on small claims actions, which are expressly excluded from the vexatious litigant statutes. (§ 391, subd. (a)(1).)
Since September 2004, Mr. Washington has filed in propria persona at least 22 civil appeals in this court that have been finally determined adversely to him.[2] Most of the appeals were from the trial court's summary denial of his petitions for writ of mandate, which alleged deprivation of rights and unlawful conditions of confinement. None of the appeals had merit and every trial court ruling challenged was affirmed.
On March 22, 2006, the court issued a written order and notice to Mr. Washington that it appeared he was a vexatious litigant as defined by section 391, subdivision (b)(1), in that â€
