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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN WAYNE BONILLA,

Plaintiff,

v.

JUDGE JEFFREY HORNER,

Defendant.

Case No. 16-cv-01179-VC (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH 

PREJUDICE

Plaintiff Steven Wayne Bonilla is a state prisoner who filed this pro se complaint against 

Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Horner challenging the validity of a state court criminal judgment.

Bonilla has been disqualified from proceeding in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) unless 

he is “under imminent danger of serious physical injury” at the time he filed his complaint. 28 

U.S.C. 1915(g); In re Steven Bonilla, No. C 11-3180 CW (PR); Bonilla v. Dawson, No. C 13-0951 

CW (PR). 

The allegations in this complaint do not show that Bonilla was in imminent danger at the 

time of filing. Therefore, he may not proceed in forma pauperis. Furthermore, even if he pays the 

filing fee he may not proceed because, even liberally construed, the allegations do not state a claim 

for which relief may be granted and amendment would be futile. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). 

Moreover, this lawsuit is barred under Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 486-87 (1994). 

Accordingly, the case is dismissed with prejudice.

The clerk shall enter a separate judgment and close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

______________________________________

VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

March 16, 2016

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