Vashisht-Rota
Vashisht-Rota v. Howell Management Services
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Aparna VASHISHT-ROTA, Case No.: 25-cv-0179-AGS-VET Plaintiff, ORDER STRIKING COMPLAINT (ECF 1) AND CLOSING CASE v. HOWELL MANAGEMENT SERVICES, et al., 7 Defendants.
Two weeks ago, this Court adjudged plaintiff Dr. Aparna Vashisht-Rota a “vexatious litigant” for repeated misbehavior, including filing multiple “objectively frivolous” suits against Howell Management Services and those in its immediate ambit arising from her short-lived employment there. See Vashisht-Rota v. Howell Mgmt. Servs., No. 20-CV- 0321-AGS-KSC, 2025 WL 268855, at *3 (S.D. Cal. Jan. 22, 2025). The day after that court order, Vashisht-Rota mailed in this suit, seeking once again to relitigate her claims against that ex-employer and various individuals involved in the business. (See generally ECF 1; see also ECF 1-4 (envelope dated “January 23, 2025”).) Based on her new vexatious-litigant restrictions, Vashisht-Rota “may not file any new cases” here without leave of court. To obtain such approval, she…