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Reason
Eugene Volokh

Are We Dating the Same Vexatious Litigator Whose Filings Cite Nonexistent Cases?

In Souders v. Lazor, decided Wednesday by the Ohio Court of Appeals (Judge Marilyn Zayas, joined by Judges Terrance Nestor and Richard Moore), Souders sued based on "certain posts made in a Facebook group entitled, 'Are We Dating the Same Guy Cincinnati/Dayton'":

[T]wo of the named defendants … filed a motion to dismiss Souders' claims against them. The motion to dismiss asserted that the allegations against them arose from representation of their clients …. Additionally, appellees subsequently answered the complaint and filed a joint counterclaim to declare Souders a vexatious litigator under R.C. 2323.52….

The motion claimed that Souders' Hamilton County complaints "stemmed from his 'spurned attempts' to date defendant" Lazor:

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