Law Practice,
Appellate Practice
Aug. 2, 2022
What’s the Deal?
Had the opinion been only a dismissal of a frivolous appeal, it wouldn’t merit publication. And yet, that’s not where this went. Part I of the opinion abruptly turns from the “statutory background” on vexatious litigants to whether the order at issue is appealable.
Benjamin G. Shatz
Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
Appellate Law (Certified), Litigation
Email: bshatz@manatt.com
Benjamin is a certified specialist in appellate law who co-chairs the Appellate Practice Group at Manatt in the firm's Los Angeles office. Exceptionally Appealing appears the first Tuesday of the month.
Here's a classic appellate recipe: Add one vexatious litigant (acting in propria persona, of course) to a bitter family law dispute (divorce, of course); litigate for 17 years, mixing in 12 appeals and 7 writ petitions (all unsuccessful for the pro per appellant/petitioner, of course); blend in a voluminous record; and stir up a sprinkling of conspiracy theories (balance with sanctions). What you get is the published opinion of the June 2022 iteration i...
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