Gastelum

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 FERNANDO GASTELUM, Case No. 21-cv-08639-VKD

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. DECLARE PLAINTIFF VEXATIOUS

LITIGANT

BURLINGTON STORES, INC., Re: Dkt. No. 14 Defendant.

13 Defendant Burlington Stores, Inc. (“Burlington”) moves for an order declaring plaintiff Fernando Gastelum a vexatious litigant. Dkt. No. 14. Mr. Gastelum opposes the motion. Dkt. No. 19. The Court deemed the matter suitable for hearing without oral argument. Dkt. No. 27. Burlington argues that Mr. Gastelum should be declared a vexatious litigant because Mr. Gastelum has filed many lawsuits it argues are frivolous, duplicative, and motivated by a desire to harass defendants. Dkt. No. 14 at 12-15. For the reasons explained below, the Court denies the motion. District courts have the inherent power to order restrictive pre-filing procedures against vexatious litigants with abusive and lengthy histories of…