Dyer
Dyer v. Mendocino County
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 JEWEL E. DYER, Case No. 23-cv-03814-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL; DENYING
v. MOTION FOR SANCTIONS;
GRANTING LEAVE TO PROCEED IN
MENDOCINO COUNTY, FORMA PAUPERIS Defendant. ECF Nos. 2, 8,
INTRODUCTION Petitioner, an inmate in the Mendocino County Jail who is proceeding without a lawyer, 17 filed this petition for a writ of prohibition or of mandamus. (ECF No. 1 at 2-3.) Petitioner indicates she is a pretrial detainee awaiting trial in Mendocino County Superior Court on charges of theft. (Id. at 2.) She claims her lawyer is providing ineffective assistance, and the trial court 20 improperly denied her bail. (Id. at 3.) She seeks to an injunction in her criminal proceedings to “prevent hardship on her criminal defense” and money damages. (Id. at 7.) For the reasons discussed below, the petition is DISMISSED, and the motion for sanctions is DENIED. …