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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

STEVEN WAYNE BONILLA, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

RONALD DAVIS, 

Respondent. 

Case No. 19-cv-01679-RS (PR) 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

This federal habeas action is DISMISSED as duplicative of another pending habeas 

action (Bonilla v. Ayers, 08-cv-00471-YGR). The Clerk shall enter judgment in favor of 

respondent and close the file. 

The Clerk shall also modify the docket to reflect that Ronald Davis, the warden at 

the prison at which petitioner is housed, is the sole respondent in this action. Petitioner 

named other persons as respondents, including several federal judges in this district. Davis 

is the sole proper respondent in this action, as he is the custodian having day-to-day control 

over petitioner, the only person who can produce “the body” of the petitioner. Brittingham 

v. United States, 982 F.2d 378, 379 (9th Cir. 1992) (quoting Guerra v. Meese, 786 F.2d 

414, 416 (D.C. Cir. 1986)). 

A certificate of appealability will not issue. Petitioner has not shown “that jurists of 

reason would find it debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of a 

constitutional right and that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the district 

court was correct in its procedural ruling.” Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000). 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April___, 2019

_________________________ 

 RICHARD SEEBORG 

 United States District Judge 

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