Fernandes v. Singh (2017)

Citation: Fernandes v. Singh (2017)
Parent Document: Fernandes v. Singh (2017)
Jurisdiction: California (state)
Effective Date: 2017-11-02
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4440239/fernandes-v-singh/ ↗

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1 Singh’s vexatious litigant status is explained in Singh v. Lipworth (2014) 227
Cal.App.4th 813 (Singh). (See also Singh v. Lipworth (2005) 132 Cal.App.4th 40.)
Singh’s former attorney, Keith Oliver, mentioned again post, was later disbarred, in part
for failing to pay the sanctions we ordered for filing a frivolous appeal in Singh. (See In
re Oliver, State Bar Court No. 14-O-03153 (Sep. 9, 2015) p. 6.)
2 Although these pleadings are captioned as by Oliver, and purportedly signed by him,
the contents do not appear to have been written by an attorney, suggesting that, as in the
Singh case, he may have acted as a “ ‘puppet’ ” for Singh. (See Singh, supra, 227
Cal.App.4th at pp. 823-824 [“Similar allegations [of puppetry] were made in two
unrelated appeals, County of Sacramento v. Rawat (Feb. 24, 2014, C075383) and County
of Sacramento v. Rawat (Feb. 24, 2014, C075384) (both subsequently dismissed), in
which Oliver was also purportedly representing Singh. In response . . . this court sent a

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