McGrath of Harlow said, in part:

Once again, even if the legal process may have been artificially and even perversely extended, it had been extended. Otherwise all processes in all courts would have ceased, and they hadn't.

In essence, as I see it, M of H, you are saying that as long as one party chooses to keep filing papers with courts (no matter with how little or actually no merit legally), everything has to be put on hold.

Anyone can file a complaint or a petition with a court; there's no filter that says the paper actually has to have factual or legal merit. I can file a complaint against George Bush, claiming that he physically assaulted me. It's not true (I'm sure you'll be relieved to learn), but I can file the suit. It will take a while before the court deals with it. That delay should not hold up anything else, unless there is some apparent possibility of my carrying the burden of proof. Possibly not then. After my suit is defeated--or indeed, maybe thrown out of court as frivolous--I can file another one, which will take some time to deal with.

The fact that there are and may continue to be legally and factually groundless complaints filed is not significant.

Dave Oesterreich