Opinion ID: 2757580
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The second appeal and subsequent litigation

Text: In June 2005 Jones, represented by Michael Schein, petitioned Division Three for discretionary review of Judge Baker's orders denying the motions for relief from judgment and granting of CR 11 sanctions. In August 2005 Judge Baker authorized the sale of the house. Jones, represented by Schein, appealed this order. Woodward filed suit for possession of the house, and the trial court granted summary judgment authorizing his immediate possession. Jones, representing himself, appealed this order. Jones' appeals were consolidated for review. Division Three affirmed Judge Baker's orders and summary judgment. In re Estate of Jones, noted at 140 Wn. App. 1022, 2007 WL 2452725, at . Division or other form of decision, however designated, which adjudicates fewer than all the claims or the rights and liabilities of fewer than all the parties shall not terminate the action as to any of the claims or parties, and the order or other form of decision is subject to revision at any time before the entry of judgment adjudicating all the claims and the rights and liabilities of all the parties. 9 In re Disciplinary Proceeding Against Jones, No. 201,256-6 Three concluded that Jones' arguments were without factual or legal justification, finding that the doctrine of res judicata precluded further review because the issues in Jones' motions were fully litigated and upheld on appeal. Id. at . We denied Jones' petition for review. The hearing officer found that Jones' appeals and petitions for review were frivolous and harmful. Jones was ejected from the house in March 2009, and it sold for $175,000. In February 2010 Jones filed a separate action against Jeffrey and Peter, again requesting relief from the 2001 judgment. Jones' complaint alleged that Judge Baker acted without jurisdiction and that Jeffrey and Peter made misrepresentations of fact. The hearing officer found that this complaint was filed without proper purpose and was frivolous. In June 2010 Woodward filed a final accounting and petition for distribution. Jones filed a pleading titled Objection to Final Accounting in which he argued again that he was wrongfully removed as PR and that the piano was wrongfully valued at $5,000. The hearing officer found that this complaint was frivolous, as it was directly contrary to Division Three's 2007 decision. See Jones, 2007 WL 2452725, at . In August 2010 Jones filed another motion under CR 60(b), seeking relief from the 2001 judgment. In this motion Jones reasserted arguments made in previous motions, including that there were no grounds to remove him as PR and that res 10 In re Disciplinary Proceeding Against Jones, No. 201,256-6 judicata did not apply to the valuation of the house and piano. This motion was denied, and Judge Baker ordered Jones to cease filing motions on these issues. She stated that if he did not cease, he would be ordered to show cause as to why he should not be held in contempt and/or declared a vexatious litigant. Less than a week after Judge Baker threatened to declare Jones a vexatious litigant, he filed an amended complaint, arguing again that the valuations of the house and piano were incorrect and never finalized. The hearing officer found that lawsuit frivolous.