Opinion ID: 2336375
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 18

Heading: Christopher Litigation

Text: Respondent filed suit in federal district court on December 23, 1991, against two large law firms who had formerly employed him, O'Melveny & Myers and Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher, along with all of the partners in the firms, a number of financial institutions, and an attorney who formerly represented Respondent, charging them with various state and federal causes of action, including RICO, wrongful termination, invasion of privacy, breach of contract, and discrimination. The claims were voluntarily dismissed without prejudice by order filed May 7, 1992. Respondent then filed the identical lawsuit in superior court on May 11, 1992 [6] . ( Shieh v. Christooher, case no. BC054981.) As noted earlier, this case was reassigned, on September 11, 1992, to Judge Kakita along with a number of other Shieh-related lawsuits then pending in the superior court. On December 11, 1992, Respondent was declared to be a vexatious litigant in both the Christopher and Castellano cases, and the cases ordered stayed pending posting of security. Notwithstanding the stay, Respondent and his attorneys filed two motions to compel discovery, a motion for leave to file an amended complaint, and a motion for leave to file a second amended complaint. They commenced a new identical lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court on June 2, 1993 ( Say & Say v. O'Melveny and Myers, et al. case no. 711620), the day before the dismissal motion was scheduled to be heard. The action was dismissed with prejudice on June 3, 1993, when Respondent failed to post the required security.