Bonilla v. Margulies

Filing 4

ORDEROF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE. Signed by Judge Vince Chhabria on 1/31/2017. (knm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/31/2017)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN WAYNE BONILLA,

Case No. 17-cv-00280-VC (PR)

Plaintiff,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH
PREJUDICE

v.

Re: Dkt. No. 2

SANDRA MARGULIES,
Defendant.

Plaintiff Steven Wayne Bonilla, a state inmate, has filed a pro se civil action under 42
U.S.C. § 1983 against California Appellate Court Justice Sandra L. Margulies. Bonilla also
moves for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. 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, the motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied.
Moreover, even if the 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.
This Order terminates docket number 2.
The Clerk shall enter a separate judgment and close the case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

January 31, 2017
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VINCE CHHABRIA
United States District Judge