Sections
8 entriesSection 391Defines litigation, vexatious litigant, security, plaintiff, and defendant for the title. Vexatious litigant includes a self-represented person with at least five qualifying…Section 391.1Allows a defendant, before final judgment, to move for security from a plaintiff alleged to be a vexatious litigant with no reasonable…Section 391.2Requires the court at a vexatious-litigant motion hearing to consider material written or oral evidence, including witness testimony or affidavits. Limits the…Section 391.3Requires security when the court finds a plaintiff is a vexatious litigant with no reasonable probability of prevailing, but requires dismissal when…Section 391.4Requires dismissal of litigation as to the defendant for whose benefit security was ordered when the ordered security is not furnished. The…Section 391.6Requires litigation to be stayed when a specified vexatious-litigant motion is filed before trial, except for the referenced dismissal motion, and generally…Section 391.7Allows a court to enter a prefiling order barring a vexatious litigant from filing new self-represented litigation without presiding-judge permission, which is…Section 391.8Allows a vexatious litigant subject to a prefiling order to seek vacatur and removal from the Judicial Council list in the issuing…