Wood

1 2 3 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ANDREA WOOD, Case No. 19-cv-04266-MMC

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

9 v. PREJUDICE DEFENDANTS'

REQUESTS THAT PLAINTIFF BE

10 COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, et al., DECLARED A VEXATIOUS LITIGANT 11 Defendants.

12 13 By order filed October 8, 2019, the Court granted four separate motions to dismiss 14 plaintiff Andrea Wood's ("Wood") Amended Complaint, and, in so doing, dismissed the 15 above-titled action without further leave to amend. Two of the motions to dismiss, 16 specifically the motions filed by Mary Carey ("Carey") and the County Defendants,1 17 include a request that the Court declare plaintiff Wood a vexatious litigant and impose 18 pre-filing restrictions as to future civil actions she may file. In her oppositions to those 19 two motions, Wood has responded to said additional requests, and defendants have 20 replied thereto. Having fully considered the matter, the Court rules as follows. 21 LEGAL…