Bonilla
Bonilla v. Sabraw
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 STEVEN WAYNE BONILLA, Case No.: 3:20-CV-0920 JLS (KSC)
CDCR #J-48500,
ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL
Plaintiff, ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE vs.
14 DANA M. SABRAW, et al., Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Steven Wayne Bonilla, proceeding pro se, and currently incarcerated at San 18 Quentin State Prison, filed a civil action entitled “Civil Rights Complaint (28 U.S.C. 19 § 1361).” Compl., ECF No. 1. He alleges the trial court lacked jurisdiction in his criminal 20 case. Id. Plaintiff has not prepaid the $400 civil filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a), 21 however, and has not filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 22 U.S.C. § 1915(a).
I. Failure to Pay Filing Fee or Request IFP Status
24 All parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in a district court of the 25 United States, except an application for writ of habeas corpus, must pay a filing fee of 26 $400. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). The action may proceed despite a…