Judge reins in jailed felon who filed claims from the clink

Even judges can get conned, a Santa Clara County judge all but conceded Friday.Con man Vincent Cardinalli tricked Judge James Kleinberg and another judge last year into giving him blanket permission to file nuisance lawsuits in small-claims court from behind bars -- in violation of state law. The problem with that was Cardinalli had been declared a ''vexatious litigant," or legal pest. Under the law, he must obtain permission from the presiding judge to sue anyone in any court.Stopping short of

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