In re Kinney’s Empirical Analysis
2011
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4 state decisions
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 12101 (§ 2 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)
Relies on 53 Cal. App. 4th 43 - Wolfgram v. Wells Fargo Bank · 99 Cal. App. 4th 211 - Bravo v. Ismaj · 51 Cal. 4th 1164 - Shalant v. Girardi · 216 Cal. App. 2d 398 - Taliaferro v. Davis · 62 Cal. App. 4th 1211 - McColm v. Westwood Park Assn.
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“pursues obsessive, meritless litigation against the hapless residents of this state who have the misfortune to be his neighbors. Kinney has demonstrated a pattern of using the judicial system as a weapon in an unrelenting quest to get advantages that he does not deserve, imposing onerous litigation costs on his opponents that he does not incur himself because he is a lawyer. He is one 'for whom litigation has become a game.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In the Court of Appeal alone, Kinney has lost 16 times since 2007: (1) his writ petition was denied in 2007; (2) he has lost 10 appeals in three different divisions of this appellate district and three appeals in the Fourth Appellate District; and (3) two appeals he filed were involuntarily dismissed by the court. All of the proceedings in this appellate district are related to Kinney's ownership of the Fernwood Property.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[i]n this instance, the individual who was declared a vexatious litigant, Charles Kinney, is purporting to act as attorney for Kimberly Kempton. In reality, Kempton is merely acting as a puppet or conduit for Kinney's abusive litigation practices. Kinney recently acknowledged as much, telling the trial court that the only reason he was not the named plaintiff is because '”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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