Hiett

INTRODUCTION

Deedee Hiett appeals following the sustaining of demurrers without leave to amend as to myriad causes of action sought by Hiett against defendants and respondents Stanislaus Regional Housing Authority, Barbara Kauss, Mildred C. Collins and Bernadette Reynolds.1 While the suit generally sought damages for, and objected to, Hiett’s receiving of an eviction notice from some or all of the respondents, which caused Hiett to voluntarily move out of her apartment, the appeal raises few issues related to the substantive case. Rather, the vast majority of the voluminous briefing concerns whether another plaintiff in the underlying case, Ramon Magdaleno, may participate in this appeal. Magdaleno knowingly misrepresented his status as a vexatious litigant to the trial court and sought to evade the prefiling restrictions placed on him by prior courts, and thus was dismissed from the case. Magdaleno failed to timely file a notice of appeal, and now seeks to join this appeal, going so far as to file an amicus brief, place his e-mail on Hiett’s opening brief, and list himself as an “interested person” in connection with this appeal. This appears to be yet another attempt by…