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Parties Involved:
Shelly J. Averill
Defendant
Steven Wayne Bonilla
Plaintiff

Document Text:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN WAYNE BONILLA,

Plaintiff,

v.

SHELLY J. AVERILL,

Defendant.

Case No. 19-cv-03137-VC (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH 

PREJUDICE

Plaintiff Steven Wayne Bonilla, a state inmate, has filed a pro se civil action under 

42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Honorable Shelly J. Averill, Elliot Lee Daum, Sonoma County 

Superior Court Judges, J. Gales, Cynthia A. McElrath, Lynn Wilcox, Clerks; the Honorable C. 

Don Clay, Alameda County Superior Court Judge. 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. Moreover, even if an IFP 

application were granted, his lawsuit would be barred under Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 

486-87 (1994). Accordingly, the case is dismissed with prejudice.

Furthermore, this is not a case in which the undersigned judge’s impartiality might be 

reasonably questioned. See United States v. Holland, 519 F.3d 909, 912 (9th Cir. 2008) (absent 

legitimate reason to recuse himself or herself, judge has a duty to sit in judgment in all cases 

assigned to that judge).

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The Clerk shall close the case. The Clerk shall return, without filing, any further 

documents Bonilla submits after this case is closed.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

______________________________________

VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

June 13, 2019

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