Bonilla

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN WAYNE BONILLA, Case No. 20-cv-00071-VC (PR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH

v. PREJUDICE

VINCE G. CHHABRIA, et al., Defendants.

Petitioner Steven Wayne Bonilla, a state inmate, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of mandamus seeking a default judgment against three federal district court judges for their rulings taken in his cases before them. A federal judge is absolutely immune from civil liability for acts performed in his or her judicial capacity and, unlike the judicial immunity available to state judges sued under § 1983, a federal judge's immunity is not limited to immunity from damages, but extends to actions for declaratory, injunctive and other equitable relief. See Moore v. Brewster, 96 F.3d 1240, 1243 (9th Cir. 1996), superseded by statute on other grounds; Mullis v. U.S. Bankruptcy Court, 828 F.2d 1385, 1394 (9th Cir. 1987). Furthermore, Bonillas’ underlying claims are about his state criminal case, therefore, they are properly brought in his pending habeas proceedings. This is not a case in which the undersigned judge’s impartiality might be…