Woodruff
Woodruff v. Secretary of Veteran Affairs
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KEVIN PAUL WOODRUFF, et al., Case No. 3:23-cv-01043-WHO
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS AND DENYING MOTION TO
REMAND
SECRETARY OF VETERAN AFFAIRS, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 6, 17 11 Defendants.
12 Kevin Woodruff, a plaintiff in this case, has a long history of “serially filing frivolous cases against these defendants to improperly delay a foreclosure despite clear warnings.” Woodruff v. Mason McDuffie Mortg. Corp., No. 3:22-CV-03124-WHO, 2022 WL 4487011, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 12, 2022). That case outlines at least some of his history, including frivolous filings in federal district, bankruptcy, and state courts. See id. *2-5. The filings culminated in my finding plaintiff Kevin Woodruff a vexatious litigant and entering a “narrow pre-filing order” against him, imposing prefiling assessment of all suits arising from the particular property against any defendant, to determine “whether the complaint is facially…