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Vexatious litigant

The organization and its members risk overstepping a very thin but highly visible line very quickly: If the Courts believe they are just wasting the court's resources, they - and all their agents - can be declared a vexatious litigant. Once they are vexatious litigants, they can't sue anybody for anyone without a special allowance from the court

deems a Vexatious litigant under Arizona Law:

12-3201. Vexatious litigants; designation; definitions

A. In a noncriminal case, at the request of a party or on the court's own motion, the presiding judge of the superior court or a judge designated by the presiding judge of the superior court may designate a pro se litigant a vexatious litigant.

B. A pro se litigant who is designated a vexatious litigant may not file a new pleading, motion or other document without prior leave of the court.

C. A pro se litigant is a vexatious litigant if the court finds the pro se litigant engaged in vexatious conduct.

[...] E. For the purposes of this section:

  1. "Vexatious conduct" includes any of the following:

(a) Repeated filing of court actions solely or primarily for the purpose of harassment.

(b) Unreasonably expanding or delaying court proceedings.

(c) Court actions brought or defended without substantial justification.

(d) Engaging in abuse of discovery or conduct in discovery that has resulted in the imposition of sanctions against the pro se litigant.

(e) A pattern of making unreasonable, repetitive and excessive requests for information.

(f) Repeated filing of documents or requests for relief that have been the subject of previous rulings by the court in the same litigation.

In this case, the organization is running afoul of E1f. It's also noticeable that they might violate Res Iudicata by trying to file an identical lawsuit.

has a better-described process to become a vexatious litigant under California law. Three of the four ways to become a vexatious litigant require a pro se litigant to act frivolous and meritless in court, and the last makes any vexatious litigant in any other states automatically one in California.

How does that solve the issue?

Once the Organization's members are vexatious litigants, they can't file any suits anymore. Unable to file suits, their credibility breaks away. Should they hire lawyers to try to pursue their frivolous claims and those file the frivolous cases, the result will be those lawyers getting disbarred, and much faster if they bring such frivolous claims again and again. As a result, the organization will bleed itself of the ability to act in this way very quickly and as a result, lose its allegedly credibility-enhancing factor to exactly the contrary.

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