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Richard Stypmann is classified as a "vexatious litigant" by the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, a title that prevents him from filing a lawsuit in the federal courthouse.
In the past, Stypmann estimates he has filed up to 200 lawsuits, plus 300 administrative complaints of police misconduct.
"I'm a vexing litigant," Stypmann says proudly. "I'm vexing to the dictators and the abusers of civil rights."
Stypmann is one of at least 70 people whose names have been placed on a little-known blacklist of people who must get approval from a judge before filing a lawsuit in the court, whose jurisdiction includes the San Francisco area and northern coast...