Bonilla
Bonilla v. Benitez
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 Case No.: 3:25-cv-00095-JO-AHG
STEVEN WAYNE BONILLA
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CDCR #J-48500, ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL
12 ACTION FOR FAILURE TO PAY Plaintiff,
FILING FEES REQUIRED BY 28
13 vs. U.S.C. § 1914(a) AND FOR FAILING 14 TO STATE A CLAIM PURSUANT ROGER T. BENITEZ, et al., TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1) 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 Plaintiff Steve Wayne Bonilla, a prisoner at California Medical Facility in Vacaville, 19 California, filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Dkt. 1. 20 The Court dismisses this complaint because Bonilla has not paid the $405 filing fee 21 required to initiate a civil lawsuit. 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). While the Court would typically 22 grant prisoner-plaintiffs leave to file an in forma pauperis motion, he has abused that 23 privilege so many times in the past that he is precluded from doing so now. 28 U.S.C. 24 § 1915(g). A prisoner with three “strikes,” i.e., prior…