Coleman
Coleman v. Ortiz
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 WENDELL COLEMAN, Case No. 21-cv-01167-SI
Plaintiff,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
v. Re: Dkt. No. 1 ELIA ORTIZ, et al., Defendants.
12 Wendell Coleman commenced this action by filing a “request for injunction command against illegal orders.” Docket No. 1. The named defendants are M. Boessenecker and Elia Ortiz, judges of the Napa County Superior Court. The filing alleges that Judge Boessenecker and Judge Ortiz have made numerous erroneous rulings in a criminal case against Coleman in Napa County Superior Court, including “allowing for multiple illegal continuances, allowing untimely continuances,” disallowing self-representation, denying witnesses at trial, failing to provide affordable bail, allowing a declaration of doubt as to Coleman’s competence, and allowing him to be represented by ineffective counsel. Docket No. 1 at 2. Coleman seeks an injunction that (a) removes his daughter from no-contact orders entered by Judges…