Peter Kleidman v. Elwood Lui

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WESTERN DIVISION

11 PETER KLEIDMAN, ) Case No. 2:25-cv-02718-PA-JDE ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER SUMMARILY v. ) DISMISSING ACTION WITHOUT ) PREJUDICE ADMINISTRATIVE PRESIDING ) )

JUSTICE ELWOOD LUI,

) ) Defendant. ) I. INTRODUCTION On March 27, 2025, Peter Kleidman (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights complaint against Justice Elwood Lui, challenging the potential denial of a vexatious litigant prefiling application to file an appeal from an adverse state court decision. Dkt. 1 (“Complaint”). Plaintiff, deemed a vexatious litigant in California state court, has filed several actions in this Court challenging the vexatious litigant statute. In this case, he alleges an “imminent violation” of his rights to due process and access to the courts should Justice Lui deny…