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Parties Involved:
Steven Wayne Bonilla
Plaintiff
Vince G. Chhabria
Defendant
Beth Labson Freeman
Defendant
Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers
Defendant
Howard R. Lloyd
Defendant
Richard Seeborg
Defendant
Jeffrey S. White
Defendant
Claudia Wilken
Defendant

Document Text:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN WAYNE BONILLA,

Plaintiff,

v.

JEFFREY S. WHITE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-06299-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 Jeffrey S. White, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, Vince G. 

Chhabria, Howard R. Lloyd, Richard Seeborg, Beth Labson Freeman, Claudia Wilken, United 

States District Court Judges. 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: October 31, 2019

______________________________________

VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

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