![]() Because Luckett didn't get permission for the suit, Superior Court Judge James P. The appellate court justices, who branded Luckett a vexatious litigant in a published opinion last July because of his "frivolous" appeals and motions, also prohibited him from filing any new lawsuits without the court's permission.īut despite the court order, Luckett tried to file another complaint without judicial approval, this time against a bank that didn't let him open a checking account. "All I want is justice."īut after more than 11 lawsuits and more than 40 appeals, the scales of justice seem to be tired of getting weighted down by Luckett's litigation.Ĭourt officials say they believe he is the only person in the county to be officially declared a "vexatious litigant"-a legal term for a courthouse nuisance. "I feel like society is always beating me up," said the 25-year-old aspiring lawyer from Anaheim, who has sued everyone from ex-employers to car salesmen to his former landlady. March 15, 1992|MATT LAIT | TIMES STAFF WRITER 'Vexatious Litigant' Gets on Court Officials' Cases It houses some 400 pin games, along with video arcade games and other novelty machines. It features pinball machines from all eras, including such rare machines as Williams' Black Gold, Bally's Pinball Circus and Recreativos Franco's Impacto. The Pinball Hall of Fame, which opened in Las Vegas in January 2006, is a nonprofit venture of the Las Vegas Pinball Collectors Club. Luckett claims the real reason he's been repeatedly banned from the Hall of Fame is that he's such a skilled player that he can play for hours after paying just 50¢. Luckett is also suing to recover $300 per visit to his shrink. The plaintiff, John Luckett, an unemployed man around 30 years old, said he required multiple sessions with a psychotherapist to recover from the mental and emotional anguish of his encounters with Arnold. LAS VEGAS – The Pinball Hall of Fame is being sued for $10,000 by a player who alleges that flipper game operator Tim Arnold has unfairly banned him from the venue.
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