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Full indemnity costs awarded against appellant for egregious and abusive litigation conduct.
The appellant's appeal proceedings were previously dismissed as abusive and vexatious under Rule 2.1.01 of the Rules of Civil Procedure.
The respondent and intervenors subsequently sought costs.
The court awarded the self-represented respondent her requested costs of $537.50.
The court also awarded the intervenors their requested costs of $5,600.28 on a full indemnity basis, finding that the appellant's conduct, which included baseless and scandalous attacks on the integrity of a judicial officer, was especially egregious and warranted the highest scale of costs.
The court declined to order that the appellant be prohibited from taking further steps until costs were paid, noting such relief is not available under Rule 2.1.01.
The court dismissed a motion to set aside prior orders and struck a non-compliant affidavit.
This endorsement addresses Mr. Fuhgeh's motion to set aside numerous interim, interlocutory, and final orders in two separate family law proceedings involving Ms. Bernard and Ms. Stewart, and to strike parts of his affidavit.
The court, acting as case management judge, dismissed Mr. Fuhgeh's requests to set aside final orders in the Stewart matter and most interim/interlocutory orders in the Bernard matter, finding them to be an abuse of process or irrelevant.
The court also struck Mr. Fuhgeh's affidavit in its entirety for failing to comply with previous case management endorsements and for attempting to incorporate over 2000 pages of exhibits, which was deemed an abuse of process.
Mr. Fuhgeh was ordered to file a new, compliant notice of motion and affidavit, and a transcript.
