The State Bar of California has shut down three Southern California offices of attorney Mitchell W. Roth, who was recently declared a "vexatious litigant" by a federal judge.
Roth, who had expanded his law practice to include foreclosure cases, has been hospitalized due to severe depression since Jan. 23, according to the State Bar. His other cases have involved credit, debt, collections, personal injury, medical malpractice, wills and trusts and probate. On Jan. 30, U.S. District Judge Manuel Real of the Central District of California declared Roth, who has filed dozens of lawsuits in recent months, a vexatious litigant.
The State Bar, using a court order, shut down Roth's offices in Sherman Oaks, San Diego and Riverside. A recording at his Sherman Oaks office said: "Due to the illness of attorney Mitchell W. Roth, this law office is temporarily closed."
The State Bar said it will inventory the files of Roth's law firm and notify clients of the developments.
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Three Offices of Attorney Declared 'Vexatious Litigant' Shut Down
Roth, who had expanded his law practice to include foreclosure cases, has been hospitalized due to severe depression since Jan. 23, according to the State Bar. His other cases have involved credit, debt, collections, personal injury, medical malpractice, wills and trusts and probate. On Jan. 30, U.S. District Judge Manuel Real of the Central District of California declared Roth, who has filed dozens of lawsuits in recent months, a vexatious litigant.
The State Bar, using a court order, shut down Roth's offices in Sherman Oaks, San Diego and Riverside. A recording at his Sherman Oaks office said: "Due to the illness of attorney Mitchell W. Roth, this law office is temporarily closed."
The State Bar said it will inventory the files of Roth's law firm and notify clients of the developments.
Source:
Three Offices of Attorney Declared 'Vexatious Litigant' Shut Down
4 comments:
Attorney a "vexatious litigant"? That's a switch! That judicial m.o. has been successfully used on pro-se litigants - to bar them from the courts!
Hey, whatever happened to the First Amendment, the part about the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances?
People (and in this case attorneys) keep reaching for justice, hoping a judge will just listen to them. They hang in with litigation -- looking for a glimmer of hope.
And what do they get? Well, the judge labels them vexacious litigants!
I think whenever a judge gives that label to anybody, the case should be pulled for review to find out if there really is a beef or not.
That's it, justices, just shut 'em up --- that's the way to deal with anybody who bothers you!
Something smells rotten here and there is a reason who is worried about what?
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