Frank Tufano lawsuits involving The State of California
2 originating actions · 3 docket records
Cases involving The State of California
The State of California is named in 2 de-duplicated originating actions in this dataset (3 docket records) across 2 courts filed between February 23, 2026 and April 2, 2026. 3 of the docket records carry a recorded outcome.
| Filed | Case | Court | Status / outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2, 2026 | 3:26-cv-00840Tufano v. The State of California et al | U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania | Venue show-cause order; dismissal motions pending (non-final) |
| February 23, 2026 | 2026-01161Tufano v. The State of California | Lackawanna County | Removed to federal court |
| February 23, 2026 | 3:26-cv-00447Tufano v. The State of California et al | U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania | Venue show-cause order; dismissal motions pending (non-final) |
Judges who have ruled in these cases
Listing a judge records who decided a motion or entered an order in a case naming this party. It is not an evaluation of the judge.
Court & ruling records in these cases
Recorded only where tied to an order, opinion or report and recommendation.
Improper-venue / response show-cause order
The court ordered Tufano to show cause why the action should not be transferred or dismissed for improper venue and directed him to respond to ASOPRS's dismissal motion; the docket also warned of consequences for failure to brief/respond.
Improper-venue show-cause order
The court ordered Tufano to show cause by Apr. 30 why the action should not be transferred or dismissed for improper venue under 28 U.S.C. §1406(a), warning that failure to show good cause could result in transfer or dismissal.
What the filings allege
- 3:26-cv-00840Same claims as C035’s Verified Complaint (the Lackawanna County original of this removed action): a re-filing of an underlying medical-malpractice dispute against Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Mehryar Ray Taban, MD, alleging California courts discriminated against Tufano’s “Non-Freemasonic” religious beliefs and conspired with Freemason-affiliated judges and defendants to deny him a fair proceeding, and that every Los Angeles malpractice firm he contacted declined to represent him.
- 2026-01161The 38-page verified complaint traces to an underlying medical-malpractice dispute against Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Mehryar Ray Taban, MD.
- 3:26-cv-00447Plaintiff Frank Tufano, pro se, alleges medical malpractice and related tort claims against Beverly Hills ophthalmic surgeon Dr.
These summarise the plaintiff's own allegations as pleaded. They are party filings, not court findings, and no court has adopted them by recording them here. Each links to the full summary on the case page.
Public statements by filing-restriction factor
3 researched statements are linked to cases naming The State of California and describe filing conduct of a kind the indicator data records, ordered with the factors closest to the filing-restriction criteria first. A factor records what the speaker said — not that a court found it, not an allegation by this project against The State of California, and not that anyone has been determined a vexatious litigant. Each card links to the video it was transcribed from. Statements whose words describe no filing conduct are not ranked here; they are listed on each case page and on the video's own research page.
What these tiers are: “Strong”, “Moderate” and “Context” are this project’s research classification of how closely a public statement bears on the documented filing-restriction indicators. They are not judicial findings, not an adjudication of anything said in a video, and not a determination that Frank Tufano is a vexatious litigant — no court in this dataset has made that determination. Court findings, party statements and research classifications are kept in separate evidence layers throughout this site; see Methodology.
How a tier is assigned. Strong — the statement names a tracked case or dispute and describes filing conduct of the kind the indicators document: repeat filing on the same dispute, filing after an adverse decision, or filing framed as imposing cost on the opponent. Moderate — it bears on litigation conduct or chronology in a tracked dispute, but the case link is tentative or the statement describes something other than the speaker’s own filing behaviour. Context — general commentary with no specific tracked case identified.
What the factor labels are. Each statement is also labelled with the filing-restriction factor its own words describe, so the reason for a classification is visible rather than implied. Most factors correspond to a criterion recorded in the indicator data, and the three that do not are marked as such there — a filing that has only been threatened has no docket to record, and an allegation about a court is the speaker’s characterisation rather than a recorded criterion. Repeat filing on the same dispute, filing after an adverse decision and cost imposition as stated motive are the three that can qualify a statement as Strong; threatened or prospective filing, self-reported filing volume, filing announced or confirmed, adverse outcome described and judicial or forum bias alleged record related but weaker signals. A statement that describes no filing conduct carries no factor badge. A factor records what the speaker said — not that a court found it, and not that anyone has been determined a vexatious litigant.
How quotations are marked: An ellipsis (…) inside a quotation marks words left out between two passages of the same video, which can sit some minutes apart. The omitted wording is not reproduced here, and a clip on the statement supercut plays the whole span from the quotation’s first word to its last — so it includes the omitted material. Quotations without an ellipsis are continuous speech.
Quotations on this page are excerpts: a quotation ending in an ellipsis is shortened here for length. The full wording, and the reason recorded for its pattern-relevance tier, are on the video’s own research page — follow the ¶ permalink on any card.
Legal escalation / contemplated proceeding¶
all we can do now is file a conspiracy case against the entire California State Bar Association and the California Legal System because no attorney in the entire state of California will represent me.
Announces a contemplated conspiracy action against the state bar association and legal system, on the stated ground that no attorney in the state will represent him. It was published four days after the order in the tracked medical action.
Watch / source — youtube.com ↗Adverse-ruling reaction / judicial allegation¶
You can't in America either, dude. They own the court system. I have to sue the state of California because a corrupt judge dismissed my lawsuit in the California state court. I didn't even get it to trial. They just throw the case out.
He states that a corrupt judge dismissed his lawsuit in the California state court before it reached trial, and that he therefore has to sue the State of California. He gives no docket number, so which tracked action he means is not established. The hypothetical objection voiced immediately before these words is one he is rebutting, not his own position, and a clip started at the deep link will include it.
Watch at 00:06 — youtube.com ↗Legal escalation / contemplated proceeding¶
really going after plastic surgeons as a whole and the the legal industry and all these judges
States an intended widening of scope beyond the original defendant to entire professional classes — surgeons, lawyers, judges. The tracked docket already shows this shape (C063/C066 Tufano v. The State of California et al, and C038 against eight Lackawanna judges), so this is a stated intent that the filing record independently corroborates.
Watch at 00:36 — youtube.com ↗Named alongside
Other tracked parties named in the same originating actions.
Related dispute groups
- Taban / eye-surgery-related litigationFrank Tufano's lawsuits over eye surgery by Mehryar Ray Taban, MD: seven docket records filed 2025-2026 in California, Pennsylvania and federal courts.
This index groups name variants conservatively using the workbook's alias mapping. A repeated defendant does not by itself show that claims were duplicative or meritless.