In Re Shieh

Introduction

On July 7, 1993, this court issued a written order to Liang-Houh Shieh (Shieh) to show cause before this court on July 28 why we should not declare him to be a vexatious litigant as defined by Code of Civil Procedure section 391, subdivision (b)(4), and issue a prefiling order pursuant to Code, of Civil Procedure section 391.7, subdivision (a), prohibiting him from filing any new litigation in the courts of this state in propria persona without first obtaining leave of the presiding judge of the court where the litigation is proposed to be filed. (In re Whitaker (1992) 6 Cal.App.4th 54, 55 [ 8 Cal.Rptr.2d 249 ], review den. July 22, 1992; In re Luckett (1991) 232 Cal.App.3d 107, 108 [ 283 Cal.Rptr. 312 ], review den. Sept. 25, 1991.) At the request of Shieh’s counsel, the matter was advanced to July 27.

Background

Over the past two years, Shieh has filed innumerable complaints in the federal and state courts, many of which are duplicative and most of which are based on substantially similar facts. These various suits have resulted in at least 19 writ petitions to this court and 1 to the Fourth District, some of which are duplicative and all of which have…