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May 25, 2021

Lawyer accused of tax evasion keeps filing disability cases

Legal troubles have not stopped Scott N. Johnson from filing hundreds of new lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

SACRAMENTO -- Two years ago, a U.S. attorney indicted Scott N. Johnson for alleged tax evasion. But legal troubles have not stopped the Carmichael lawyer from filing hundreds of new lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Johnson filed 23 fresh cases in the U.S. Northern District of California on Friday, a majority of the civil cases filed in that court on that day. Each complaint is seven to nine pages, and appears near...

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