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Application for judicial review dismissed as frivolous and vexatious under Rule 2.1.
The self-represented applicant sought judicial review of a decision by the Ontario Judicial Council, which had refused to consider his complaint against the Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice.
The applicant alleged the Chief Justice committed misconduct by failing to act on his request to initiate criminal proceedings against a federal corrections official.
The court initiated a summary dismissal process under Rule 2.1 of the Rules of Civil Procedure.
After dismissing the applicant's allegations of judicial bias, the court dismissed the application for judicial review as frivolous, vexatious, and an abuse of process, noting that the Ontario Judicial Council has no jurisdiction over core judicial decision-making.
Court issued a Rule 2.1.01 notice to determine if a judicial review application should be dismissed as frivolous.
The applicant sought to commence an application for judicial review of a decision by the Ontario Judicial Council regarding a complaint against a Chief Justice.
The court found the notice of application to be deficient, lacking coherent information about the complaint and seeking relief outside the court's jurisdiction.
The court issued a notice under Rule 2.1.01 of the Rules of Civil Procedure, staying the application and giving the applicant an opportunity to provide written submissions explaining why the proceeding should not be dismissed as frivolous, vexatious, or an abuse of process.
