Ignacio

Pro se appellant, Tevis R. Ignacio, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his complaint alleging that all the judges from the Ninth Circuit, other federal and state judges, public officials, and certain private individuals, conspired to dismiss Ignacio’s previous lawsuits. We affirm the district court and hold, under the “rule of necessity,” that we are not disqualified from deciding Ignacio’s appeal.

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On May 17, 1999, a California superior court judge suspended Ignacio’s access to his minor son and divided up marital assets between Ignacio and his ex-wife. The superior court based the decision to deny Ignacio access to his son on a finding that Ignacio was bipolar with paranoid-psychophrenic tendencies and that he refused to take medication. In addition, the court designated Ignacio as a “vexatious litigant” pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure, sections 391, et seq., for repeatedly filing frivolous papers with the court. Ignacio’s designation as a vexatious litigant placed restrictions on his ability to file claims and appeals in California state court.

In what appears to be an attempt to avoid his vexatious litigant designation in state court, Ignacio filed…