The opinion
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UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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9 In re ) Misc. File No. 19-202
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10 Named Involuntary Petitioner )
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11 STEVEN WAYNE BONILLA )
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13 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND DECISION AFTER
REVIEW OF RESPONSIVE PLEADINGS
14 FILED BY STEVEN WAYNE BONILLA
15 Steven Wayne Bonilla delivered to the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California
16 ninety-eight (98) Bankruptcy Form 105s (involuntary bankruptcy petition forms) (Dckt. 3-93, 101-
17 107), seeking to commence ninety-eight involuntary bankruptcy cases in the Eastern District of
18 California against various federal and state court judges and justices. Because of facially identified
19 issues relating to the Form 105s, including whether Mr. Bonilla had standing to commence such
20 involuntary cases, and no filing fee for the Form 105s presented being paid, the court issued an order
21 creating this miscellaneous case file, No. 19-202 (“Miscellaneous File”), in Mr. Bonilla’s name so
22 that all of the Form 105s could be docketed in one place. The Miscellaneous File also affords Mr.
23 Bonilla the opportunity to present a unified response, rather than ninety-eight separate responses.
24 Additionally, to the extent that Mr. Bonilla would disagree with whatever ruling was made by this
25 court, the creation of the Miscellaneous File and the unified response provides for a single appeal
26 which Mr. Bonilla would have the option of pursuing, rather than ninety-eight separate appeals.
27 In the Court’s Order to open the Miscellaneous File (Dckt. 1), it provided for Mr. Bonilla to
28 file responsive pleadings addressing the various issues in the Court’s Order. Mr. Bonilla has availed
1 himself of the opportunity and presented the court with the following pleadings:
2 A. Response to 6-19-19 Court Order, Dckt. 99 (“Response,” 37 pages).
3 B. Exhibits from State Court Proceedings, Dckt. 100 (“Exhibits,” 68 pages).
4 C. Addendum re “Honorary Obligation,” Dckt. 108 (“Addendum,” 15 pages).
5 D. Additional Grounds Statement, Dckt. 114 (“Additional Statement,” 3 pages).
6 E. Response re California Judicial Council, Dckt. 115 (“Response to Supplemental
7 Docketing Order,” 10 pages).
8 Applications to Proceed in Forma Paupris
9 Mr. Bonilla has filed five Applications to Proceed in Forma Pauperis. Dckt. 95–98. The
10 Application filed as Docket Number 95 is a partial document, consisting of only one page. Dckt. 95.
11 The other four Applications appear to be complete documents, with three being seven pages in length
12 and one (Dckt. 98) eight pages in length. In the attachments to these documents, Mr. Bonilla states
13 that he is not employed and currently has no income. Further, he has no spouse, no assets, and no
14 monthly expenses.
15 The eight-page Application has as its cover page one titled for the U.S. District Court or
16 Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of California. Dckt. 98 at 1. The second page of this
17 document is another “first page” of the Application which is titled as being made to the Bankruptcy
18 Court for the Central District of California, San Fernando Division. Id. at 2.
19 The Application filed as Dckt. 96 is titled as requesting the relief from the Bankruptcy Court
20 in the Central District, Riverside Division.
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BANKRUPTCY COURT, BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING,
22 AND FEDERAL JURISDICTION REGARDING BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS
23 In beginning this review it is very important to put in context the position of the bankruptcy
24 court and bankruptcy judges. The bankruptcy court and bankruptcy judges have been created by
25 Congress pursuant to Article I of the United States Constitution. While organizationally part of the
26 United States district court, the bankruptcy court is not an Article III court under the United States
27 Constitution. The scope of a bankruptcy court proceeding and exercise of a bankruptcy judge’s
28 judicial authority exists only to the extent as provided in 28 U.S.C. § 1334 (federal court bankruptcy
1 jurisdiction) and § 157 (exercise of federal judicial power by a bankruptcy judge). This judicial
2 power may properly be exercised over bankruptcy cases and civil proceedings arising under the
3 Bankruptcy Code, as well as those arising in and related to a bankruptcy case.
4 Mr. Bonilla has provided the court with significant information concerning his state court
5 criminal proceeding, the asserted defects in the conviction, and various theories and authorities by
6 which he asserts his rights have been denied. That information is relevant to considering whether
7 standing exists for Mr. Bonilla asserting the right to commence the involuntary bankruptcy cases.
8 However, 28 U.S.C. § 1334 and § 157 limit the scope of an Article I bankruptcy judge’s exercise of
9 federal judicial power to those bankruptcy issues, and not to the full breadth of the federal judicial
10 power arising under Article III of the United States Constitution (for which it is the Article III District
11 Court judges, Court of Appeals judges, and Supreme Court justices whom may exercise that full
12 power).
13 The Response indicates that Mr. Bonilla appreciates this distinction and is seeking to present
14 the “bankruptcy law issues” to this Article I court and not attempting to have this court act outside
15 its jurisdiction and judicial power granted to it by Congress. To the extent the court has misread
16 Mr. Bonilla’s statements, this discussion has been included to explain the limitation on this court’s
17 powers with respect to the broader range of Mr. Bonilla’s issues with the judicial system.
18 Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition Provisions
19 Congress has provided a process under the Bankruptcy Code by which creditors of a person
20 may force that person into bankruptcy with the “mere” filing of an involuntary bankruptcy petition
21 by the creditors. In pertinent part to the matters now before the court, 11 U.S.C. § 303 (discussed in
22 greater detail infra) provides that three or more creditors of a person may commence an involuntary
23 bankruptcy case if they collectively hold at least $15,750.00 in liquidated, noncontingent, not subject
24 to bona fide dispute unsecured debt. If the person for whom the involuntary bankruptcy case is to
25 be commenced has less than twelve creditors with such claims, then a single creditor who meets the
26 above criteria may commence the involuntary bankruptcy case.
27 Here, it is only Mr. Bonilla who is filing the Form 105s as the sole creditor seeking to force
28 the Form 105 Targets into bankruptcy. Presumably, Mr. Bonilla is asserting that each of the
1 Form 105 Targets have less than twelve creditors each. The actual number of creditors holding
2 unsecured claims is unknown at this time.
3 FEE WAIVER/IN FORMA PAUPERIS REQUESTS
4 With the responsive pleadings Mr. Bonilla has included five fee waiver requests. As
5 discussed below, Mr. Bonilla is now seeking to pursue only ninety-eight involuntary bankruptcy
6 cases. Mr. Bonilla directs the court to the provision of 28 U.S.C. § 1930 (which specifies required
7 filing fees in bankruptcy cases) and asserts that the district court and the bankruptcy court are not
8 restricted in waiving the filing fees, so long as it is in accordance with Judicial Conference policy.
9 Response, pp. 28:23-28, 29:1-15; Dckt. 99. He then directs the court to consider 28 U.S.C. § 1915
10 which provides for Prisoner’s Application to Proceed in Forma Paupers.
11 Congress provides in 28 U.S.C. § 1930(a)(1)(A) the required filing fees for bankruptcy cases,
12 which for a Chapter 7 case is $245.00 (to which is added an administrative fee). In 28 U.S.C.
13 § 1930(f)(1) it is provided that the district court or the bankruptcy court may waive the Chapter 7
14 filing fee for an individual if he or she meets specified economic requirements. Such individual
15 entitled to seek a Chapter 7 fee waiver is further identified as “such debtors” in subparagraph (f)(2)
16 of § 1930, with additional waiver relief for “such debtors” who meet the requirements of
17 subparagraph (f)(1) of § 1930 for “other fees prescribed” under 28 U.S.C. § 1930(b)(additional
18 Judicial Conference fees) and (c)(notice of appeal fees). Mr. Bonilla in his Response clearly states
19 he is a “creditor,” and does not assert to be, and is not, a debtor.
20 In asserting his status as a creditor, Mr. Bonilla directs the court to 28 U.S.C. § 1930(f)(3),
21 which states, “(3) This subsection does not restrict the district court or the bankruptcy court from
22 waiving, in accordance with Judicial Conference policy, fees prescribed under this section for other
23 debtors and creditors.” He asserts that pursuant to the statutory enactment in 28 U.S.C. § 1915
24 providing for a prisoner’s right to proceed in forma paupers, that it is the “Judicial Council Policy”
25 upon which the district court or the bankruptcy court can waive a Chapter 7 filing fee for a creditor
26 seeking to file a Form 105. However, the Congressional enactment in 28 U.S.C. § 1915 is not the
27 Judicial Council Policy, as adopted by that Article III branch of the government, with respect to
28 bankruptcy fees.
1 The Federal Guide to Judiciary Policy § 610.70 and § 610.80 adopted by the Judicial Council
2 specifically provides for fee waivers of fees in and relating to bankruptcy cases providing:
3 § 610.70 Fee Waivers
4 Other than where expressly allowed in the fee schedules (e.g., Items 4 and 11 of the
Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule) or by statute (see: § 610.80 and
5 Guide, Vol. 4, § 820), fee waivers are generally prohibited. Judicial Conference policy
allows certain types of users to ask courts to exempt them from fees for Public Access
6 to Court Electronic Records (PACER). See: EPA fee schedule and § 630.20.
7 § 610.80 Applications to Proceed In Forma Pauperis
8 (a) Eligible parties may proceed without prepayment of fees under 28 U.S.C.
§ 1915 (district courts and courts of appeals).1
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(b) The filing fee in a chapter 7 bankruptcy case may be waived in accordance
10 with 28 U.S.C. § 1930(f). Judicial Conference guidance on fee waivers in
bankruptcy courts is posted on the judiciary’s public website. See: Guide, Vol.
11 4, § 820 (Chapter 7 Fee Waiver Procedures).
12 The Judicial Conference guidance referenced in § 610.80 above are summarized as set forth
13 below, with the entire Guide, Vol. 4, §§ 820 et seq., attached as Addendum “A” to this Order:
14 § 820 Chapter 7 Fee Waiver Procedures
15 The Judicial Conference promulgated these procedures to assist district courts
and bankruptcy courts with implementing the fee waiver provisions set forth in
16 Section 418 of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of
2005 (Pub. L. No. 109-8, 199 Stat. 23), and codified at 28 U.S.C. §§ 1930(f)(1)-(3).
17 JCUS-SEP 13, pp. 8-9.
18 § 820.10 Filing Fee Waiver Application and Initiation of the Chapter 7 Case
19 (a) In lieu of paying the prescribed chapter 7 filing fee or filing an installment
application, an individual debtor may, along with the bankruptcy petition,
20 file an application to waive the filing fee.
21 (1) Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 1006(c) requires that the
application conform substantially to Official Form 103B.
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(2) A defective or otherwise deficient waiver application should be
23 processed according to the court’s standard operating procedures for
processing deficient pleadings and papers.
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(b) When a chapter 7 petition in an individual debtor case is accompanied by
25 an application to waive the filing fee, the court should initiate and process the
case in the same manner as other individual chapter 7 cases.
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1 This reference to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 is in connection with the district court and the
28 courts of appeals, not the bankruptcy courts.
1 Guide to Judicial Policy, Vol. 4, Ch 8: Bankruptcy Case Policies (emphasis added).
2 No provision is made in the Judicial Council Policy for the waiving of the Chapter 7 filing
3 fee for a creditor seeking to commence an involuntary bankruptcy case for another person.
4 The Supreme Court has enacted Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 1006 to expressly
5 address the filing fee in bankruptcy cases and the waiver of such fee. In Rule 1006(c) providing for
6 the waiving of the Chapter 7 filing fee, such waiver must be requested by the Debtor:
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(c) Waiver of filing fee. A voluntary chapter 7 petition filed by an individual shall
8 be accepted for filing if accompanied by the debtor’s application requesting a
waiver under 28 U.S.C. § 1930(f), prepared as prescribed by the appropriate Official
9 Form.
10 Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1006(c)(emphasis added).
11 The filing of an involuntary bankruptcy petition without the payment of the filing fee is
12 improper. There is no basis for the waiver of such a fee by a creditor seeking to place another person
13 in bankruptcy.
14 The failure to pay the filing fee is a basis for the Clerk of the Court not filing each of the
15 Form 105s as involuntary bankruptcy petitions.
16 BASIS ASSERTED BY MR. BONILLA FOR HAVING A “CLAIM”
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17 ANALYSIS OF WHETHER THERE IS FACIALLY A BONA FIDE DISPUTE
18 In considering the original and responsive pleadings/documents, the court first notes that
19 Mr. Bonilla has been very clear and straightforward is presenting the asserted grounds for having
20 standing to commence involuntary cases against the now ninety-eight different Form 105 Targets.
21 The court appreciates his candor and strives to respond in the same clear manner.
22 The real basis for Mr. Bonilla wanting to file involuntary bankruptcy petitions against various
23 federal and state judges and justices appears to rise from his frustration over being unable to
24 successfully advance such challenges to his state court criminal conviction directly through the state
25 and federal judicial systems. The vast majority of his detailed legal arguments advanced in the
26 various response pleadings argue why his criminal conviction is improper, why he asserts that the
27 state court lacked jurisdiction to determine that he was guilty of a crime arising under state law
28 (rather than a “mere error” based on the law and evidence), and why the various Form 105 Targets
1 should be liable for not issuing judgments or orders that his criminal conviction is void.
2 Asserted Honorary Obligation
3 Claim 1
4 In his Addendum pleading (Dckt. 108) Mr. Bonilla first states that the debt he asserts is an
5 “honorary obligation debt” owed by each of the Form 105 Targets. Mr. Bonilla then provides the
6 court with the following definitions as are stated to apply to his Claim 1:
7 (1) Contract - an agreement between 2 or more persons which creates
an OBLIGATION to do or not to do a particular thing.
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(2) Equal Protection of Laws of a state is extended to the enforcement
9 of contracts under the 14th Amendment of the United States
Constitution.
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(2) [sic] Debt - a fixed and certain obligation to pay money or some
11 other valuable thing or things (such as the Petitioner’s liberty and
freedom), in the present tor in the future. In a broad sense, that which
12 is due to respond to another in money, labor, or service, it may even
mean a moral or HONORARY OBLIGATION.
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(3). Honorary - As applied to public offices and other positions of
14 responsibility or trust. In other contents or usage, (as here), it means
attached to or growing out of some honor or dignity or HONORABLE
15 OFFICE, or else it imports an OBLIGATION OR DUTY growing out
of honor or trust only.
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(4) Obligation - that which a person is bound to do or forbear; any duty imposed by
17 law, promise or contract, etc..
18 Thus, an HONORARY OBLIGATION is a duty imposed by law on a public
official, which creates an OBLIGATION, owe to Petitioner to declare the judgment
19 null and void. Which is a debt owed to the Petitioner that is enforceable under the
Equal Protection of Law Claus [sic] of the 14th Amendment of the United States
20 Constitution.
21 Addendum, pp. 1:21-28, 2:1-24; Dckt. 108 (emphasis in original).
22 In considering the above, Mr. Bonilla is asserting that he is owed a debt arising from a public
23 official’s obligation to properly fulfill the duties of his or her office. While stating the contention,
24 the court is not presented with Mr. Bonilla’s assertion that a monetary obligation is owed by such
25 public official to Mr. Bonilla because Mr. Bonilla did not prevail in the proceedings or matters before
26 that official.
27 Further, while a definition is initially given for a contract, it is clear what Mr. Bonilla asserts
28 is not based on a bilateral contract with each of the Form 105 Targets, but an inchoate obligation for
1 a public official to fulfill the duties of his or her office. On its face, that duty flows to the “public”
2 and is not an obligation which is owed in a bilateral contract between Mr. Bonilla and each of the
3 Form 105 Targets.
4 In substance, Mr. Bonilla asserts a moral obligation to uphold the honor and dignity of that
5 person’s office. Mr. Bonilla contends that such honor has been violated because he, Mr. Bonilla, has
6 not been able to prevail in his contentions in his proceedings before those Form 105 Targets.
7 Claim 2
8 As grounds for his second claim, Mr. Bonilla asserts that the judgment for his conviction in
9 the state court criminal proceedings is void on the record in that state court proceeding. Id.. at 2:26-
10 18. Because Mr. Bonilla concludes that his criminal conviction is void, he then asserts that a duty
11 exists for the public official to agree with him and declare the conviction void. Id. at 3:1-5.
12 Thus, Mr. Bonilla argues that since he disagrees with the various public officials regarding
13 whether the state court criminal conviction is void, those public officials owe an honorary monetary
14 obligation to him.
15 Other than his statement of the above asserted principle, Mr. Bonilla offers no legal authority
16 showing that his disagreement over the outcome of a judicial or other proceeding births a monetary
17 obligation owed to him personally by the judicial officer–as opposed to giving rise to Mr. Bonilla’s
18 right to appeal the decision.
19 Claim 3
20 For a third basis for a claim against the various Form 105 Targets, Mr. Bonilla asserts that
21 based on the Honorary Obligation owed, for which money damages are owed for a conspiracy,
22 Mr. Bonilla has a right under the Equal Protection Clause to collect on the debts based on the
23 Honorary Obligations.
24 Mr. Bonilla states that he now seeks to “collect on debts that are owed to him, including ones
25 born out of an HONORARY OBLIGATION, via this Bankruptcy Court.” Id. at 3:11-14 (emphasis
26 in original).
27 This ties together the first two grounds for his claims, identifying these Form 105s being used
28 in lieu of the appropriate state court or district court complaints seeking to assert the enforcement of,
1 and recover damages from, such honorary obligations.
2 Relief Sought
3 Mr. Bonilla concludes, stating that this Bankruptcy Court has a duty to file the Form 105s and
4 commence involuntary bankruptcy cases as sought by Mr. Bonilla based on the above asserted
5 obligations stemming from alleged honorary obligations. Mr. Bonilla argues that the court, after
6 commencing the involuntary bankruptcy cases against the Form 105 Targets, can issue multiple
7 orders to show cause and then litigate with each of the Form 105 Targets the issue of proper federal
8 court jurisdiction.
9 While politely stated, this last demand is in the same nature of the “Honorary Obligations”
10 which are asserted to exist, and must be done because Mr. Bonilla so asserts.
11 SUBSTANCE OF RELIEF REQUESTED
12 Attached to the Addendum (Dckt. 108) is another pleading titled “Raising Jurisdictional
13 Question” (“Raising Pleading”). Id. (starting with a new page 1, which is the fourth page of this
14 pleading). The caption on this Raising Pleading is “In re: to the matter of Alameda County NEVER
15 ACQUIRED JURISDICTION.” Id. at 1:7-9 (emphasis in original). This does not appear to be a
16 pleading relating to any of the Form 105s, nor to the Miscellaneous File opened in this court in
17 Mr. Bonilla’s name.
18 In the Raising Pleading, Mr. Bonilla states that he seeks to commence an “INDEPENDENT
19 COLLATERAL SUIT.” Id. at 1:12 (emphasis in original). He argues that the Alameda Superior
20 Court never acquired jurisdiction over him, or the subject matter of the criminal proceedings in which
21 he was convicted. He asserts that certain evidence was not admitted, and argues under the California
22 Rules of Evidence, such evidence was not admitted in his criminal proceedings.
23 Mr. Bonilla then asserts that this is an independent collateral attack on the state court
24 conviction due to lack of jurisdiction, and not as a habeas corpus petition. He then discusses
25 extrinsic fraud upon a court and that when such fraud occurs, it may be attacked at any time or place.
26 Mr. Bonilla then provides extensive citations and legal arguments concerning void judgments,
27 lack of jurisdiction, and the impropriety of a judge proceeding with the adjudication of the matter.
28 This includes detailed factual allegations and legal conclusions drawn therefrom why Mr. Bonilla
1 asserts that his criminal conviction is void for the lack of jurisdiction.
2 This is consistent with Mr. Bonilla’s Response (Dckt. 99) in which his discussion does not
3 go in to why the various ninety-eight Form 105 Targets owe him a debt, but instead argues why a
4 court should declare his criminal conviction void based on Mr. Bonilla’s assertion that the state court
5 did not have subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate the state criminal law conviction.2
6 Mr. Bonilla demonstrates a keen understanding that there are limits to the exercise of judicial
7 power by a judge. Further, that when the exercise of such power is exceeded, it can result in the
8 judgment or ruling being void.
9 It is also clear that these Form 105s are filed as an alternative device to try and have further,
10 now Article I, judges conduct further review of his assertion that his criminal conviction is void. In
11 doing so with this court, Mr. Bonilla is asking the court to commit the sin which he accuses other
12 judges of having made–issuing rulings when the court does not have subject matter jurisdiction.
13 Bankruptcy judges have been created for the unique purpose of presiding over bankruptcy
14 cases and adjudicating proceedings arising under the Bankruptcy Code, in the bankruptcy case, and
15 related to the bankruptcy case. 28 U.S.C. §§ 151, 152, 157, 1334. This authority to exercise federal
16 judicial power is carefully circumscribed to limit the bankruptcy judge, who is appointed as an
17 Article I judge, in the exercise of that power to only the matters as specified by statute. This
18 authority is much narrower than those of an Article III District Court Judge, Court of Appeal Judge,
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2 From the detailed and extensive discussion and analysis concerning Mr. Bonilla's
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assertions that the California Superior Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate an
21 action brought for violation of California criminal law appears to center on the assertion that the
subpoena for evidence used in the conviction was not admitted into evidence in his state court
22 criminal trial. Mr. Bonilla also asserts that it was admitted that such subpoena did not exist.
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What Mr. Bonilla does not link is the law which would establish that the California
24 Superior Court did not have subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate an issue of California
criminal law. The California Superior Court is the state court of general civil and criminal
25 subject matter jurisdiction. Thus it may appear that Mr. Bonilla is contending that the conviction
was in error, but the assertion of lack of “subject matter jurisdiction” does not appear.
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27 This court comments the above in a footnote are not purporting to making any ruling on
the state court criminal conviction or applicable law, but only to note the issue stands out in
28 reviewing the detailed and extensive pleadings and documents filed by Mr. Bonilla.
1 or Supreme Court Justice. While appearing expansive in the exercise of federal court jurisdiction in
2 the bankruptcy corner of the federal judiciary, it is but a small slice of the federal judicial power
3 residing in the Article III judges.
4 Here, Mr. Bonilla seeks to commence an independent action to collaterally attack his criminal
5 conviction in state court. No legal basis is given for a bankruptcy judge to undertake such a
6 determination. This appears to be Mr. Bonilla’s dispute with the State of California, not any of his
7 Form 105 Targets.3
8 DENIAL OF REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF FILING FEES
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9 DENIAL OF REQUEST FOR FILING OF
INVOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY
10 PETITIONS
11 As an initial point, the failure to present the court with the required filing fee precludes the
12 filing of any of the Form 105s. The filing fee is required and no authority exists for a bankruptcy
13 judge to waive such filing fee. Congress and the Supreme Court have set forth the statutory and
14 Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure grounds for the limited waiving of filing fees for voluntary
15 bankruptcy cases filed by the debtors themselves.
16 Next, based on the original filings, the Response (Dckt. 99), Exhibits (Dckt. 100), Addendum
17 (Dckt. 108), and Additional Statement (Dckt. 114), the court concludes that Mr. Bonilla does not
18 qualify as a creditor who has standing to have commenced involuntary against the ninety-eight
19 Form 105 Targets in this District. As stated previously, the court may, sua sponte, raise the issue of
20 standing at any time. The court has so raised the issue and afforded Mr. Bonilla the opportunity to
21 address the issue of whether jurisdiction exists–whether he is a creditor who may commence an
22 involuntary bankruptcy case.
23 The court has addressed in detail the requirements for commencing an involuntary bankruptcy
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25 3 The court acknowledges that the majority of Mr. Bonilla’s pleadings consist of
extensive discussion, arguments, legal citations, conclusions, and assertions as to why his
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criminal conviction was void and why judges who have the jurisdiction to do so should declare it
27 void. This bankruptcy court does not discuss those extensive points and arguments, which,
though read by this court to see what was applicable to the proper exercise of jurisdiction, raise
28 issues and seek relief that is clearly well outside the jurisdiction of this court.
1 case and the significance of commencing such a case, the immediate negative consequences (well
2 beyond those of a person merely filing a lawsuit in the district or state court) in the prior Order
3 establishing the Miscellaneous File for Mr. Bonilla and affording Mr. Bonilla the opportunity to
4 address that Order and issues before this court make its final determination. See Order to Open
5 Bankruptcy File for Steven Wayne Bonilla, Assignment of Miscellaneous File Number, and
6 Scheduling of Supplemental Pleadings to be Filed by Mr. Bonilla (“Order to Open Miscellaneous
7 File”), Dckt. 1. The court does not repeat that determination and the grounds stated therein, but
8 incorporates it, and that entire ruling, herein by this reference as part of this decision, with a copy of
9 the Order to Open Miscellaneous File attached hereto as Addendum “B.”
10 The statutory requirements for a person to qualify as a creditor to commence an involuntary
11 bankruptcy case are set forth in 11 U.S.C. § 303(b) and summarized as follows:
12 An involuntary case against a person is commenced by the filing with the bankruptcy
court of a petition under chapter 7 or 11 of this title –
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(1) There must be at least three or more entities, each of which is either:
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(a) a holder of a claim against such person that is not contingent as to liability
15 or the subject of a bona fide dispute as to liability or amount, or an indenture
trustee representing such a holder,
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and
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(b) if such noncontingent, undisputed claims aggregate at least $ 16,750 more
18 than the value of any lien on property of the debtor securing such claims held
by the holders of such claims;
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or
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(2) if there are fewer than 12 such holders of claims or, excluding any employee or
21 insider of such person and any transferee of a transfer that is voidable under section
544, 545, 547, 548, 549, or 724(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, by one or more of such
22 holders that hold in the aggregate at least $ 16,750 of such claims; . . . .
23 The court addresses these elements below.
24 Monetary Obligation
25 For the court to commence an involuntary bankruptcy case against each of the ninety-eight
26 Form 105 Targets, it must be at least colorable (appearing on its face, but not required to be certain)
27 that Mr. Bonilla holds a claim for a monetary obligation against each of the ninety-eight Form 105
28 Targets against whom he wants to commence involuntary bankruptcy case.
1 On this point, while Mr. Bonilla makes reference to a contractual obligation in the nature of
2 an “Honorary Obligation,” which would therefore not appear to be contractual but somehow arising
3 under the law, he cannot cite the court to any legal authority for such obligation. While Mr. Bonilla
4 argues that each Form 105 Target has a duty to act for him personally, and when they do not act in
5 a matter consistent with what he demands that each owes him money, Mr. Bonilla shows no legal
6 authority for a contention that each of these persons in public office owe him a personal debt for not
7 acting as he requests. Further, as shown by Mr. Bonilla, there is a bona fide, colorable issue that each
8 of the persons he complains of may assert judicial immunity with respect to the acts taken or not
9 taken.
10 That is not Contingent
11 It appears that the Honorary Obligations asserted by Mr. Bonilla are not contingent, but are
12 alleged to be owed as of the time each of the Form 105 Targets failed to declare his state court
13 conviction void.
14 That is not Subject to Bona Fide Dispute as to Liability
15 On this point, Mr. Bonilla asserts that there can be no bona fide dispute because Mr. Bonilla
16 is correct that the state court judgment for his criminal conviction is void. It asserts that it is “void”
17 because the California Superior Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate an issue of
18 California criminal law. As briefly addressed above, the California Superior Court is the court of
19 general civil and criminal jurisdiction for California law and is the court that adjudicates California
20 criminal trials. In his various pleadings, Mr. Bonilla argues that this court of general criminal and
21 civil jurisdiction could not have jurisdiction for his criminal conviction because purported evidence
22 was improperly admitted.
23 Further, he argues that no judicial immunity can be claimed by any of the Form 105 Targets
24 failing to declare that the state court conviction is void because judicial immunity cannot be claimed
25 when a judge does not have jurisdiction. Mr. Bonilla conflates his assertion that the California
26 Superior Court did not have jurisdiction to adjudicate a California criminal law trial with asserting
27 that the various Form 105 Targets could not have jurisdiction, and thus could not assert judicial
28 immunity, in the various judicial proceedings that Mr. Bonilla has commenced or attempted to
1 commence in the various state and federal courts.
2 There was one judge who presided in the state court trial from which Mr. Bonilla’s conviction
3 arises. It is in that one state court trial that Mr. Bonilla asserts there was no subject matter
4 jurisdiction. Everyone else who is a Form 105 Target appears to be a member of the state or federal
5 judiciary that Mr. Bonilla asserts has failed to act and declare the state court conviction determined
6 void.
7 In seeking to have the various Form 105 Targets determine that the state court conviction was
8 void, Mr. Bonilla is necessarily admitting that each of those Form 105 Targets properly had
9 jurisdiction to make such a determination–even if such determination was to deny Mr. Bonilla the
10 relief he sought.
11 If Mr. Bonilla seeks to assert that the Form 105 Targets cannot assert judicial immunity
12 because they did not have jurisdiction to act, then he could not properly seek relief from them to
13 declare the state court conviction void. Thus, if Mr. Bonilla were correct that the various state and
14 federal judges did not have jurisdiction to act such that they could not raise a judicial immunity
15 defense, then there is no basis for Mr. Bonilla asserting that he has a claim against someone for
16 failing to act when they were not authorized to so act.
17 Clearly, there exists a bona fide dispute obvious on the face of Mr. Bonilla’s pleadings that
18 judicial immunity (an issue Mr. Bonilla raises in the documents presented to the court) is at issue.
19 That is not Subject to Bona Fide Dispute as to Amount
20 Mr. Bonilla has not provided the court with any computation of how he asserts a dollar
21 amount that is owed to him. There is no contract. There are no statutory damages. The obligation
22 amount is just an assertion that each of the Form 105 Targets owes Mr. Bonilla more than Three
23 Hundred Billion Dollars ($300,000,000,000.00).4 Such an amount is so huge, and there being no
24 explanation as how such would be computed under applicable law, that it demonstrates there being
25 a facial bona fide dispute as to amount.
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27 4 In the seven later filed Form 105s (Dckts. 101-107), the amount asserted to be owed is
lowered to Forty Seven Billion, Four Hundred Ninety One Million, Six Hundred Forty Six
28 Thousand, Four Hundred Fifty Two Dollars and Thirty-Eight Cents ($47,491,646,452.38).
1 Response to Judicial Council
2 On August 1, 2019, the court issued a Supplemental Order concerning the docketing of the
3 Form 105s (“Supplemental Docketing Order,” Dckt. 109). The court previously prepared an order
4 which included a chart identifying each of the Form 105s delivered to the court by Mr. Bonilla and
5 identifying each person named as the Form 105 Target in each Form 105. In the Order to Open
6 Miscellaneous File the court believed that the Clerk’s Office had been sufficiently directed as to how
7 to label the Form 105s on the Docket so as to not create any false impression that a Form 105 had
8 been “filed” (i.e. “commenced”).
9 It was brought to the court’s attention by an attorney appearing in open court who stated that
10 he was counsel for the California Judicial Council, that the docket entries for the Form 105s appeared
11 to have been entered in such a manner as to create the potential for confusion. In reviewing the
12 docket entries that appeared when reviewing the docket through the public Pacer access, as compared
13 to the internal court access version, the court concluded that some express direction to the Clerk’s
14 Office was necessary and the Supplemental Docketing Order was entered specifying the
15 methodology used to clearly identify each Form 105 docketed.
16 Mr. Bonilla filed a Response to the Supplemental Docketing Order on August 15, 2019.
17 Dckt. 115. In it, Mr. Bonilla states that he seeks a proper and fair adjudication of his verified claims.
18 Id. at 2:2-5. He states he asserts issues pertaining to “FRAUD, fraudulently/altered and forged
19 documentation by the prosecution/conspiracy in violation of [Mr. Bonilla’s] Right of Privacy, as a
20 matter of law...as well as fraud/criminal fraud committed upon the court and [Mr. Bonilla] by State
21 and Federal actors perpetrating KNOWN unlawful-unconstitutional violations wile acting under the
22 color of law.” Id. at 2:6-12 (emphasis added).
23 At this point, it well appears that Mr. Bonilla is seeking to “adjudicate” (i.e. litigate) various
24 state and federal law claims and rights he asserts to have against the various Form 105 Targets, not
25 already liquidated, not subject to bona fide dispute claims that are to be paid.
26 The Response to Supplemental Docketing Order continues, addressing issues as to why the
27 state court criminal conviction is void and must be vacated.
28 The Response to Supplemental Docket Order then plainly states the relief being sought from
1 this bankruptcy court by Mr. Bonilla (both in the response and it appears to be in filing the ninety-
2 eight Form 105s):
3 Relief Sought
4 (1). Declare the judgment [State Court criminal conviction] void or issue an order to
show cause.
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(2). Seven Wayne Bonilla is entitled to immediate release [from State incarceration
6 based on the criminal conviction].
7 Dckt. 115, p. 3:21-23.
8 RULING
9 It has been demonstrated that Mr. Bonilla does not have standing to commence involuntary
10 bankruptcy cases for the Form 105 Targets, Mr. Bonilla not meeting the requirements to be a
11 petitioning creditor under 11 U.S.C. § 103.
12 Alternatively, if the mere assertion that one is a creditor is sufficient for Constitutional
13 standing, the court concludes that the documents and assertions of Mr. Bonilla do not show that he
14 has a claim (as defined under the Bankruptcy Code); to the extent he has a claim it is unliquidated
15 and the $100,000,000,000.00 claim subject to disputes as to the liability, including the defense of
16 judicial immunity, and the amount.
17 Further, as demonstrated in the original documents, the Response, Exhibits, Addendum,
18 Additional Statement, and Response to Supplemental Docketing Order, the actual relief sought
19 through the ninety-eight Form 105s is well outside of the limited jurisdiction of a bankruptcy judge
20 and that granted pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1334 – the determination that the state court judgment for
21 Mr. Bonilla’s criminal conviction is void and that Mr. Bonilla be released from his incarceration at
22 San Quintin Prison.
23 Therefore, the court determines that each of the Form 105s delivered to the court by
24 Mr. Bonilla shall be docketed, or continue to be if already docketed, in the Miscellaneous File, and
25 that involuntary bankruptcy cases not be commenced for each of the Form 105 Targets.
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3 Guide to Judiciary Policy
4 Vol. 4: Court and Case Management
5 Ch. 8: Bankruptcy Case Policies
6 § 810 Overview
7 § 815 Applicability
8 § 820 Chapter 7 Fee Waiver Procedures
§ 820.10 Filing Fee Waiver Application and Initiation of the Chapter 7 Case
9 § 820.20 Judicial Determination of Filing Fee Waiver Applications
§ 820.30 Developments in the Case
10 § 820.40 Waiver of Additional Individual Debtor Fees
11 § 830 Guidance for Protection of Tax Information
§ 830.10 Debtor’s Duty to Provide Tax Information
12 § 830.20 Restricted Access to Tax Information
§ 830.30 Tax Information Disclosure Requests
13 § 830.40 Approved Access to Tax Information
§ 830.50 Required Redaction of Debtor Tax Information
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This chapter contains national judiciary policies regarding bankruptcy cases that were adopted
16 either by the Judicial Conference of the United States or by the Director of the Administrative
Office of the U.S. Courts (AO). They include:
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• Procedures adopted by the Judicial Conference regarding the chapter 7 fee waiver
18 provisions of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
(BAPCPA) (see: § 820, below); and
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• Director’s Guidance Regarding Tax Information under 11 U.S.C. § 521 (see: § 830).
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Note: This guidance is available on uscourts.gov, to which local courts should direct the public
21 and members of the local bar.
22 § 815 Applicability
23 This chapter applies to the bankruptcy courts.
24 § 820 Chapter 7 Fee Waiver Procedures
25 The Judicial Conference promulgated these procedures to assist district courts and
bankruptcy courts with implementing the fee waiver provisions set forth in Section 418 of the
26 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (Pub. L. No. 109-8, 199 Stat.
23), and codified at 28 U.S.C. §§ 1930(f)(1)-(3). JCUS-SEP 13, pp. 8-9.
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1 § 820.10 Filing Fee Waiver Application and Initiation of the Chapter 7 Case
2 (a) In lieu of paying the prescribed chapter 7 filing fee or filing an installment application,
an individual debtor may, along with the bankruptcy petition, file an application to waive
3 the filing fee.
4 (1) Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 1006(c) requires that the application
conform substantially to Official Form 103B.
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(2) A defective or otherwise deficient waiver application should be processed
6 according to the court’s standard operating procedures for processing deficient
pleadings and papers.
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(b) When a chapter 7 petition in an individual debtor case is accompanied by an
8 application to waive the filing fee, the court should initiate and process the case in the
same manner as other individual chapter 7 cases.
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(1) Under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1930(f)(1-3), the district court or bankruptcy court may waive the
12 chapter 7 filing fee for an individual debtor who:
13 (A) has income less than 150 percent of the income official poverty line applicable
to a family of the size involved; and
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(Note: Since the Office of Management and Budget has never issued
15 official poverty thresholds, these procedures interpret this statutory
language to refer to the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the
16 Federal Register by the Department of Health and Human Services
(DHHS) under the authority of 42 U.S.C. § 9902(2). The Secretary of
17 Health and Human Services is required to update the poverty guidelines
annually, and defines guidelines separate for the 48 contiguous states and
18 the District of Columbia, Alaska, and Hawaii. The DHHS does not define
poverty guidelines for Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American
19 Samoa, Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of
Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and
20 Palau. For these areas, the guidelines for the 48 contiguous states and the
District of Columbia may be used. See: DHHS guidelines.)
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23 of that definition to individual program administrators.
24 (A) These procedures adopt a definition that is reasonable in the bankruptcy
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26 Monthly Income¡± as reported (or as will be reported) on Schedule I.
27 (C) Amounts received as non-cash government assistance must be deducted from
the total amount reported on Schedule I for fee waiver consideration.
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1 (3) “Family size” may be defined as the debtor(s), the debtor’s spouse (unless the spouses
are separated and a joint petition is not being filed), and any dependents listed on
2 Schedule I.
3 Note: The DHHS uses the term “family unit” instead of .family size” but does not
publish a standard definition of “family unit.”
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5 in determining whether the debtor is unable to pay the fee in installments as provided in
28 U.S.C. § 1930(f)(1). Official Form 103B elicits information relevant to this
6 determination.
7 (5) A debtor may qualify for a waiver of the filing fee even if the debtor has paid or
promised to pay a bankruptcy attorney, bankruptcy petition preparer, or debt relief agency
8 in connection with the filing.
9 Note: In 2008, Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1006(b)(1) was amended to delete the sentence
requiring a statement in the installment fee application that the debtor has not paid
10 an attorney or other person in connection with the case. In the installment fee
application, debtors must certify they will not make additional payment or transfer
11 any additional property to an attorney or other person for services in connection
with the case until the filing fee is paid in full.
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(A) “Filing fee” as defined at 28 U.S.C. 1930(f)(1), means the filing fee required
15 by § 1930(a) or any other fee prescribed by the Judicial Conference under §§
1930(b) and (c) that is payable to the clerk upon the commencement of a case
16 under chapter 7. This includes Items 8 and 9 of the Bankruptcy Miscellaneous Fee
Schedule.
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18 should be granted, denied, or set for early hearing, on notice to the United States
trustee or bankruptcy administrator, the case trustee, the debtor, and, if applicable,
19 the attorney for the debtor.
20 (C) The order on the fee waiver should be transmitted to the United States trustee
or bankruptcy administrator, the case trustee, the debtor, and, if applicable, the
21 attorney for the debtor.
22 (2) Denial of Fee Waiver
23 (A) Any order denying a filing fee waiver application may give the debtor a
reasonable time in which to either pay the fee in full or begin making installment
24 payments.
25 (B) The order denying the fee waiver application should set forth an installment
payment schedule.
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27 installment payments may lead to dismissal of the case.
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Assignment of Miscellaneous File Number, and Scheduling of
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UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
° EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
6 FILED
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9 |iIn re: ) Mise. File No. 19-202 “STANOSTHY □□ □□□□□□
10 |INamed Involuntary Petitioner
11 |STEVEN WAYNE BONILLA
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ORDER TO OPEN A BANKRUPTCY FILE FOR STEVEN WAYNE BONILLA,
14 ASSIGNMENT OF MISCELLANEOUS FILE NUMBER
15 || SCHEDULING OF SUPPLEMENTAL PLEADINGS TO BE FILED BY MR. BONILLA
16 Steven Wayne Bonilla, whose address is stated to be J-48500, 3-EY-13, San Quentin,
17 ||California, has delivered to the court ninety-one (91) Official Bankruptcy Form 105 Involuntary
18 Bankruptcy Petitions (“Form 105”). Each Form 105 names a different person (with the exception
19 llof several apparent duplicate Form 105s) as the person to be the bankruptcy debtor (“Form 105
20 |\Subject”) in an involuntary bankruptcy case that Mr. Bonilla seeks to commence. From the addresses
21 |jprovided by Mr. Bonilla on each Form 105, the court has identified the various Form 105 Subjects
22 be either a United States District Court Judge, United States Magistrate Judge, a California Court
23 llof Appeal Justice, California Superior Court Judge, or a person working at a California Superior
24 Court, District Court of Appeal, or U.S. District Court.
25 The court has been notified that Mr. Bonilla has filed Form 105s naming federal and state
26 judges and staff as the Form 105 Subjects in the Northern, Central, and Southern Federal
27 ||Districts of California. Those Form 105s in the other Federal Districts are the subject of separate
28 llorders issued by the Chief Bankruptcy Judges in those Districts. It appears that the total number of
1 |[Form 105s filed in the four Federal Districts in California are in excess of two hundred and twenty-
2 |\five (225) in number.
3 The Order of the Chief Bankruptcy Judge in the Central! District of California provides some
4 lladditional information concerning Mr. Bonilla and his court filing history. In the Central District of
5 California, Mr. Bonilla has been determined to be a “vexatious litigant” and an order has been
6 llentered in that District that no pro se petition or other document can be filed by the Clerk of the Court
7 |without there being a pre-filing review of the documents sought to be filed and the filing authorized
8 the federal judge (“Central District Vex Order”). Jn re Bonilla, CV-18-7603-DMG (JPR), 2018
9 | WL 5787128, at *6 (C.D. Cal. 2018). The Central District Vex Order addresses a series of forty-four
10 ||(44) petitions filed by Mr. Bonilla in the Central District of California seeking areview by that federal
11 of his state court murder conviction. /d. at *1, The Central District Vex Order cites to a prior
12 |lorder transferring one of the petitions to the Northern District of California, the Federal District in
13 |lwhich San Quentin Prison is located, and includes the following statement concerning Mr. Bonilla’s
14 filing practices:
15 As noted, Bonilla was convicted in Alameda County (see id. (noting, “Re: Alameda
County Superior Court Case No. H-12210-A”) ); see also Bonilla v. Davis, No.
16 08-CV-471-YGR, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88254, at *1 (N.D. Cal. July 7, 2015), and
is housed at San Quentin in Marin County (see No. 5536, ECF No. | at I (listing
17 address) ). In an order transferring the Petition to the Northern District, in which both
of those counties lie, see 28 U.S.C. § 84(a), this Court noted that Bonilla was a
18 “profligate filer” of “hundreds of lawsuits and habeas petitions throughout the Ninth
Circuit in the past several years.” (No. 5536, ECF No. 3 at 1-2.)...
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Despite the Court's detailed explanation about its lack of jurisdiction, Bonilla
20 subsequently filed 43 additional case-initiating documents in this District, all
challenging his state murder conviction, and 24 of those cases have since been
21 terminated, He currently has 19 cases pending in this Court, all filed from August to
October of this year... On September 10, 2018, this Court issued an Order to Show
22 Cause Why Plaintiff Should Not Be Declared a Vexatious Litigant. Since then,
Bonilla has filed responses in each of the cases listed in the Order (see infra sec.
23 II.B.1) and numerous new case-initiating documents as well.
24 Each response to the Order to Show Cause contains the same baseless argument that
“any judgment, order, or transfer by a court lacking subject matter jurisdiction is void
25 on its face; and the [rleviewing [cJourt's jurisdiction is LIMITED to reversing the trial
court's void judgment.” (See, ¢.g., Bonilla v. Unknown, No. 18-CV-7603-DMG (JPR)
26 (C.D. Cal. filed Aug. 30, 2018), ECF No. 5 at 1; Bonilla v. Unknown, No.
18-CV-7606-DMG (JPR) (C.D. Cal. filed Aug. 30, 2018), ECF No. 5 at 1.) This same
27 argument is made in many of his initial complaints, (See, e.g., Compl. at 1-3, Bonilla
vy. Rosenbluth, No. 18-CV-7696-DMG (JPR) (C.D. Cal. filed Sept. 5, 2018), ECF
28 No. 1 (noting that “this has [ Jnothing to do with prison issues, conditions nor
1 confinement[] ... the judgment is void on its face ... [nJo lawful jurisdiction of
subject matter nor of person was, nor has been established on the record”).) Neither
2 Bonilla’s responses to the Order to Show Cause nor the new case-initiating documents
provide any persuasive or legitimate reason why he should not be deemed a vexatious
3 litigant. To the contrary, they demonstrate why such an order is necessary.
4 *1-*2.
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FEDERAL LAW GOVERNING COMMENCEMENT
6 OF AN INVOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY CASE
7 Official Bankruptcy Form 105 has been adopted to be the required form for which creditors
8 lof a person may commence an involuntary bankruptcy case against such person. Congress has
9 |lenacted as part of the Bankruptcy Code the statutory basis and requirements for commencing an
10 |linvoluntary bankruptcy case. 11 U.S.C. § 303. As stated in COLLIER ON BANKRUPTCY, Sixteenth
11 j/Edition, § 303.01,
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Filing an involuntary petition may have serious consequences for a debtor,
13 nonpetitioning creditors and petitioning creditors. Therefore, it is not surprising that
section 303 [11 U.S.C. § 303] is replete with details regarding involuntary filings,
14 many of which safeguard against frivolous or malicious filings.
15 These consequences are much more significant and serious than the “mere” filing of a complaint
16 against some, causing the target of the involuntary petitions rights and interests to be immediately
17 lleffected without the opportunity for prior hearing. Jd While Congress determined that such
18 |limmediate consequences are warranted, the commencement of such a case in the court is subject to
19 review.'
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21 ' An involuntary bankruptcy case is “commenced” by the filing of the involuntary
petition. Some of the consequences of a bankruptcy case being commenced include: (1) creation
22 || of the automatic stay pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362(a) working as an injunction against the
23 petitioning creditors and other third-parties of any act or actions against the person for whom the
case has been commenced (and subjecting such third-parties to being held in contempt for such
4 || violations); (2) the automatic stay rendering void acts, actions, and transfers involving such third-
parties; (3) imposition pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 363of restrictions, limitations, and statutory
25 |; requirements for the use, sale, lease, or transfer of any property of the bankruptcy estate; and
26 (4) creation of a bankruptcy estate pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 541 that consists of all of the real and
personal property of the person put into the involuntary bankruptcy case.
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If such events are to be put in motion, ex parte, without notice or opportunity of the target
28 || of the involuntary bankruptcy petition to address until after the fact, it is not unreasonable that
l As specified in 11 U.S.C. § 303(a) an involuntary bankruptcy case can be commenced only
2 |lunder Chapters 7 or 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Here, the ninety-one (91) Form 105s have checked
3 the box for an involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy case. Such a case is for the liquidation of the assets
4 the person who is placed in the involuntary bankruptcy case.
5 The fundamental requirements for an involuntary bankruptcy case to be commenced are
6 |lspecified in 11 U.S.C. § 303(b) and are summarized as follows:
7 An involuntary case against a person is commenced by the filing with the bankruptcy
court of a petition under chapter 7 or 11 of this title -
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(1) There must be at least three or more entities, each of which is either:
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(a) a holder of a claim against such person that is not contingent as to liability
10 or the subject of a bona fide dispute as to liability or amount, or an indenture
trustee representing such a holder,
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(b) ifsuch noncontingent, undisputed claims aggregate at least $ 16,750 more
13 than the value of any lien on property of the debtor securing such claims held
by the holders of such claims;
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or
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(2) if there are fewer than 12 such holders of claims or, excluding any employee or
16 insider of such person and any transferee of a transfer that is voidable under section
544, 545, 547, 548, 549, or 724(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, by one or more of such
17 holders that hold in the aggregate at least $ 16,750 of such claims; ....
18 ||Thus, for the involuntary case to be commenced, the court has to be presented with the involuntary
19 |lpetition that appears to meet the above conditions.
20 As discussed in COLLIER ON BANKRUPTCY, for there to be an involuntary bankruptcy petition
21 and case commenced, the persons seeking the commencement of such involuntary case must be
22 |\creditors holding “claims” (obligations) owed by the person whom they seek to put into bankruptcy.
23 COLLIER ON BANKRUPTCY, SIXTEENTH EDITION, ¢ 303.09. While the term “claim” is broadly defined
24 |lin 11 U.S.C. § 101(5), it must be based on a right to payment that is not contingent or subject to bona
25 dispute as to liability or amount. 11 U.S.C. § 303(b)(1).
26 |————_——_____—_——-—_
97 || the Official Bankruptcy Form 105 documents appear to show that grounds exist for, and the
person seeking to file the involuntary bankruptcy petition has standing to commence such federal
28 || case, such extraordinary relief/legal consequences.
1 In discussing the requirement for there to be claims not in bona fide dispute, COLLIER ON
2 |BANKRUPTCY discusses the unique, and potentially abusive, impact of the involuntary case filing,
3 lland how it can be used abusively by someone not entitled to seek such relief. Jd. § 303.11.
4 As part of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure adopted by the Supreme Court, Federal
5 of Bankruptcy Procedure 9011 requires and places on a party seeking to file any document with
6 court, in pertinent part, that:
7 [a] petition, pleading, written motion, or other paper, an attorney or unrepresented
party is certifying that to the best of the person's knowledge, information, and belief,
8 formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances,--
9 (1) it is not being presented for any improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause
unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation;
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(2) the claims, defenses, and other legal contentions therein are warranted by existing
11 law or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of
existing law or the establishment of new law;
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(3) the allegations and other factual contentions have evidentiary support or, if
13 specifically so identified, are likely to have evidentiary support after a reasonable
opportunity for further investigation or discovery; and
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(4) the denials of factual contentions are warranted on the evidence or, if specifically
15 so identified, are reasonably based on a lack of information or belief.
16 R. Bankr. P. 9011.
17 As addressed by the United States Supreme Court, the federal judicial process is not a GIGO
18 |l(garbage in-garbage out) system. In United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa, 559 U.S, 260, 130
19 Ct. 1367, 1381 n.14, 176 L. Ed. 2d 158, 173 n.14, 15 (2010), the Supreme Court directed the trial
20 |lcourt that even when there was no opposition, the court must conclude that based on the law and
21 llevidence presented that the relief requested was permissible under applicable law. See also Varela
22 Dynamic Brokers, Inc. (In re Dynamic Brokers, Inc.), 293 B.R. 489, 499 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 2003)
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* The bankruptcy court in Jn re William M. Risby, Petitioner, 2008 WL 116701 (Bankr,
25 || W.D. Ark. 2008), provides a detailed discussion of the serious effect of the mere filing of an
26 involuntary petition and the potential for misuse and abuse. The court incorporates in by this
reference that very detailed discussion, rather than merely paraphrasing that decision. That
97 || discussion includes consideration of whether there appears to facially be a potential bona fide
dispute as to the claim stated by the person seeking to commence the involuntary bankruptcy
28 || case.
1 |(citing Everett v. Perez (In re Perez), 30 F.3d 1209, 1213 (9th Cir. 1994)).
2 \Federal Law Regarding Prisoner Actions
3 The court’s review of the ninety-one (91) Form 105s is not a unique process. Congress
4 ||provides in 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a) that before docketing the court is to review a “complaint in a civil
5 llaction in which a prisoner seeks redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a
6 governmental entity.” The court is to review the complaint and dismiss the complaint, or any portion
7 |Ithereof, that is determined to be “frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may
8 granted,” or “seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief.” 28 U.S.C.
9 1915A(b). The statute defines “prisoner” to include “any person incarcerated or detained in any
10 |ifacility who is accused of, convicted of, sentenced for, or adjudicated delinquent for, violations of
11 |icriminal law... .” 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(c).
12 While a Form 105 is not a “complaint,” as discussed above, the automatic, self-executing
13 |jresults by operations of law are of greater impact than a “mere” complaint.
14 Another analogy to which the filing of a Form 105 and commencing an involuntary
15 |lbankruptey case can be drawn is that of a temporary restraining order that is obtained ex parte and
16 ||without notice to person against whom the injunctive relief is sought. To obtain such extraordinary
17 |lrelief one must “clearly show that immediate and irreparable injury, loss, or damage will result before
18 adverse party can be heard in opposition... .” Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b). Further, to obtain such ex
19 |lparte, no notice relief, the requesting party must give security (commonly a bond) in an amount the
20 determines proper to pay costs and damages sustained by the other party ifthe injunctive relief
21 |lis determined to be wrongful. Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(c).
22 The bankruptcy court reviewing the Form 105s to see if they facially show the basic grounds
23 the petitioning creditor to have standing and to comply with the requirements of 11 U.S.C. § 303
24 |lis not inconsistent with this other well established federal law.
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REVIEW OF FORM 105s DELIVERED BY MR. BONILLA
26 TO THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
27 With the exception of the Form 105 Subject’s name and address being different, each of the
28 |Ininety-one (91) Form 105s are the same. Each seeks to have the Form 105 Subject put into an
1 |involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation.
2 On each of the Form 105s, Mr. Bonilla does not state that the debts of the Form 105 Subject
3 |lare either primarily consumer or business debts. Interlineated on each of the Form 105s is the phrase,
4 I“STATUTORY LIEN - 633 F.2d 844.”
5 The federal case citation stated on the Form 105s is to a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
6 |Idecision, Rankin v. Howard, 633 F.2d 844 (9th Cir. 1980). In Rankin, the Ninth Circuit discussed
7 judicial immunity given for alleged violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (alleged civil rights violations)
8 |for judicial acts not taken “in the ‘clear absence of all jurisdiction.’” Rankin v. Howard, 633 F.2d at
9 1846. For the state court judge whose conduct was at issue in Rankin, the court considered whether
10 state court judge had jurisdiction over the person that was the subject of that court’s order and
11 |lwhether the act was one “normally performed by a judge.” /d. at 847. The Ninth Circuit panel in
12 Rankin concluded that since the state court judge knew that he had no personal jurisdiction over the
13 |subject of his order, then he could not claim judicial immunity. The Rankin decision acknowledges
14 ithe broad grant of judicial immunity that exists as discussed by the United States Supreme Court in
15 [Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349 (1978), which states:
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The governing principle of law is well established and is not questioned by the parties.
17 As early as 1872, the Court recognized that it was "a general principle of the highest
importance to the proper administration of justice that a judicial officer, in exercising
18 the authority vested in him, [should] be free to act upon his own convictions,
apprehension of personal consequences to himself." Bradley v. Fisher, supra, at 347.
19 For that reason the Court held that "judges of courts of superior or general jurisdiction
are not liable to civil actions for their judicial acts, even when such acts are in excess
20 of their jurisdiction, and are alleged to have been done maliciously or corruptly."
13 Wall., at 351. Later we held that this doctrine of judicial immunity was applicable
21 in suits under § 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for the legislative
record gave no indication that Congress intended to abolish this long-established
22 principle. Pierson v. Ray, 386 U.S. 547 (1967).
23 Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, 355-356 (1978).
24 It appears that the case citation included by Mr. Bonilla stands for the proposition that the
25 |lvarious judicial officers listed on the Form 105s would have a bona fide (though possibly disputed
26 Mr. Bonilla) defense as there is the issue of judicial immunity identified by Mr. Bonilla.
27 The Form 105s identifies the “debt” as the basis for Mr. Bonilla filing the Form 105s as being
28 |jan “obligation.” No other information is provided other than Mr. Bonilla stating that the “Obligation”
1 llis Three Hundred and Two Billion, Five Hundred and Nineteen Million, Five Hundred and Two
2 ||Thousand, and Nine Hundred and Thirteen Dollars and Eighty-Five Cents ($302,519,502,913.85) on
3 |leach of the Form 105s.
4 It is not clear whether it is asserted that the $302,519,502,913.85 Obligation stated is joint and
5 |iseveral liability of all the Form 105 Subjects or that each of the ninety-one (91) Form 105 Subjects
6 jin the Eastern District of California and the total amount asserted is that multiple of the
7 1$302,519,502,913.85.
8 The amount of the obligation (whether joint and several liability or multiple separate
9 |lliabilities) raises serious questions and puts in the spotlight whether it is an actual liability and not
10 |lsomething subject to bona fide dispute. To put the asserted Three Hundred and Two Billion, Five
11 |Hundred and Nineteen Million, Five Hundred and Two Thousand, and Nine Hundred and Thirteen
12 llDollars and Eighty-Five Cents ($302,519,502,913.85) in economic context, the total debts owed to
13 |lall of its creditors (including asserted fire victims) listed by Pacific Gas and Electric Company
14 ||(“PG&E”) on the attachment to its bankruptcy petition in its current bankruptcy case pending in the
15 |[Northern District of California is Fifty One Billion, Four Hundred Eleven Million Dollars
16 |($51,411,000,000.00) ~ which is a mere 16% of the obligation that Mr. Bonilla lists as being owed
17 |lto him only, Bankr. N.D. Cal. 19-30089; Dekt. 1 at 5.
18 On their faces, the Form 105s demonstrate that Mr. Bonilla is not presenting the court with
19 |\documents which may properly be filed as involuntary bankruptcy petitions. Rather, on their face
20 ||they create substantial doubt whether Mr. Bonilla qualifies as one to file one or more involuntary
21 bankruptcy cases against the Form 105 Subjects and, to the extent he asserts an obligation, and based
22 llon the citation to the Ninth Circuit Decision in Rankin, that a bona fide dispute is indicated.
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STANDING TO COMMENCE AN
24 INVOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY CASE
25 The federal courts are not a forum for the theoretical or one in which parties who do not have
26 |lrights attempt to litigate on behalf of others who are not before the court (with limited exceptions to
27 |Ithis rule, such as class action and other special representative proceedings authorized by Congress).
28 ||Standing must be determined to exist before the court can proceed with the case. Sacks v. Office of
1 |\Foreign Assets Control, 466 F.3d 764, 771. (9th Cir. 2006)
2 One of the first things that a law student learns about American Jurisprudence is that the law
3 not condone the “officious intermeddler.” One is not allowed to assert claims or rights in which
4 |lhe or she has no interest. In the federal courts, this is the Constitutional requirement of “standing.”
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Article IIE of the Constitution confines federal courts to decisions of “Cases” or
6 “Controversies.” Standing to sue or defend is an aspect of the case-or-controversy
requirement. (Citations omitted.) To qualify as a party with standing to litigate, a
7 person must show, first and foremost, “an invasion ofa legally protected interest” that
is “concrete and particularized” and “actual or imminent.’ (Citations
8 omitted.),..Standing to defend on appeal in the place of an original defendant, no less
than standing to sue, demands that the litigant possess ‘a direct state in the outcome.’
9 (Citations omitted.)
10 |\Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona, 520 U.S. 43, 64, 117 S.Ct. 1055 (1997).
11 The court may raise the issue of standing sua sponte, Rule 12(h)(3), Federal Rules of Civil
12 Procedure? even if it is not raised by a party to the action. A person must have a legally protected
13 |linterest, for which there is a direct stake in the outcome. Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona,
14 ]520 U.S. 43, 64, 117 S.Ct, 1055 (1997). The Supreme Court provided a detailed explanation of the
15 ||Constitutional case in controversy requirement in Northeastern Florida Chapter of Associated
16 ||General Contractors of America v. City of Jacksonville Florida, 508 U.S. 656, 663, 113 S.Ct. 2297
17 ||(1993). The party seeking to invoke federal court jurisdiction must demonstrate (1) injury in fact, not
18 |lmerely conjectural or hypothetical injury, (2) a causal relationship between the injury and the
19 |ichallenged conduct, and (3) the prospect of obtaining relief from the injury as a result of a favorable
20 |lruling is not too speculative. Jd. In determining whether the plaintiff has the requisite standing and
21 court has jurisdiction, the court may consider extrinsic evidence. Roverts v. Corrothers, 812 F.2d,
22 11173, 1177 9th Cir. 1987).
23 The standing requirement is not merely a “procedural issue,” but a fundamental requirement
24 |larising under the Constitution.
25 Here, with the deficiencies in the information provided in the Form 105s, especially in light
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28 || Procedure 7012 and 9014(c) by this Order.
1 jlof the ex parte, without an opportunity to defend or address prior to the involuntary case being
2 ||commenced, significant impact and potential harm on a Form 105 Subject with the commencement
3 an involuntary bankruptcy case, the identification of standing is even more significant.
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MISCELLANEOUS FILE FOR THE FORM 105s
5 AND AFFORDING MR. BONILLA ACCESS TO THE COURT
6 Though the documents delivered by Mr. Bonilla raise significant doubts whether they should
7 filed, the court instructs the Clerk of the Court to open a bankruptcy court file for Mr. Bonilla,
8 ||which shall be assigned a miscellaneous file number so as to not make it appear that Mr. Bonilla has
9 |filed a bankruptcy case personally (“Miscellaneous File”). All of the Form 105s delivered by
10 Bonilla to date and in the future will be docketed in the Miscellaneous File opened for
11 Bonilla.
12 Mr. Bonilla may file supplemental pleadings to addresses his standing to file an involuntary
13 |[bankruptcy petition for each of the Form 105 Subjects, and other subjects of future Form 105s
14 |Ildelivered to the court by Mr. Bonilla. The supplemental pleadings, which shall be supported by
15 |lcompetent admissible evidences as provided under the Federal Rules of Evidence, shall include:
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A. A statement of the legal and factual basis for the obligation asserted by Mr. Bonilla
17 against each of the Form 105 Subjects against whom Mr. Bonilla is seeking to file an
involuntary bankruptcy case. This shall include any applicable law upon which such
18 obligation is asserted to exist.
19 B. Copies of the documents or other writings upon which Mr. Bonilla asserts that the
obligation exists.
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21 of his standing to file an involuntary petition.
22 In establishing the Miscellaneous File for Mr, Bonilla, the court ensures that there is a clear
23 record of the involuntary bankruptcy cases he is attempting to have commenced. The court is also
24 |lcreating a vehicle for Mr. Bonilla to access the court and address the issues that arise given the
25 llamount of the asserted obligation(s), the legal authority he has cited, the potential bona fide defenses
26 ihe has identified, and the lack of information about the basis for such obligation(s).
27 Due to the limited information provided in the ninety-one (91) Form 105s, Mr. Bonilla should
28 assume that the issues identified in this Order are the universe ofall possible issues that may arise
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1 an involuntary bankruptcy case. If such additional issues are identified, Mr. Bonilla will be
2 |jafforded the opportunity to address such issues, as he is now afforded the opportunity to address the
3 linitially identified issues.
4 |Required Filing Fees
5 The filing fee required to be paid when commencing a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case is specified
6 jlin 28 U.S.C. § 1930(a)(1)(A), plus administrative fees, to currently be $335.00. For a person filing
7 voluntary Chapter 7 case, the filing fee may be paid in installments. 28 U.S.C. § 1930(a)(7). The
8 ||Judicial Conference of the United States is permitted to authorize the waiving of the filing fee in a
9 Chapter 7 case for an individual based on the specified financial guidelines.
10 Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 1006 amplifies the requirement for the payment of a
11 fee when an involuntary bankruptcy petition is received by the court, providing that with respect
12 |Ito the waiver of the Chapter 7 filing fee:
13 (a) General requirement
14 Every petition shall be accompanied by the filing fee except as provided in
subdivisions (b) and (c) of this rule. For the purpose of this rule, “filing fee”
15 means the filing fee prescribed by 28 U.S.C. § 1930(a)(1)-(a)(5) and any other
fee prescribed by the Judicial Conference of the United States under 28 U.S.C.
16 § 1930(b) that is payable to the clerk upon the commencement of a case under
the Code.
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A voluntary petition by an individual shall be accepted for filing, regardless
20 of whether any portion of the filing fee is paid, if accompanied by the
debtor's signed application, prepared as prescribed by the appropriate
21 Official Form, stating that the debtor is unable to pay the filing fee except in
installments.
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23 (c) Waiver of filing fee
24 A voluntary chapter 7 petition filed by an individual shall be accepted for
filing if accompanied by the debtor's application requesting a waiver under
25 28 U.S.C. § 1930(f), prepared as prescribed by the appropriate Official Form.
26 ||Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1006 (emphasis added),
27 As discussed in 1 Collier Practice Guide, { 14.14, citing to 28 U.S.C. § 1930 and Federal Rule
28 llof Bankruptcy Procedure 1006, the requirement for the payment of filing fees for an involuntary
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2. the court for filing:
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Filing fees must be paid in full to the clerk of the bankruptcy court for all involuntary
5 cases. Installment payments are not permitted. . ..
6 With the ninety-one (91) Form 105s, Mr. Bonilla included a request with respect to the filing
7 stating, “Please send me a waiver form for any filing fee.” The filing fee waiver only applies
8 an individual filing a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy case - not someone seeking to file a Form
9 105 involuntary bankruptcy petition.
10 In addition to supplemental pleadings provided by Mr. Bonilla to show he has standing and
11 the necessary requirements for filing an involuntary bankruptcy petition, Mr. Bonilla will have
12 ||to provide the court with the filing fee for each involuntary petition or provide a legal basis why such
13 not required.
14 ORDER
15 The court having reviewed the ninety-one (91) Form 105s (Official Bankruptcy Form 105,
16 |involuntary bankruptcy petition) delivered to the court by Steven Wayne Bonilla, the information
17 |lprovided in the Forms 105s, consideration of the Constitutional requirement for standing and the
18 |Inecessary conditions for a person to file an involuntary bankruptcy petition, the filing fees required
19 |pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1930 and Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9006 for the filing of an
20 |linvoluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition, and good cause appearing;
21 IT IS ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall open Miscellaneous File No. 19-00202
22 |\for Steven Wayne Bonilla, the Involuntary Petitioner, and place as separate docket entries therein each
23 |lof the ninety-one (91) Official Bankruptcy Form 105 involuntary bankruptcy petitions delivered to
24 the court by Mr. Bonilla, and related documents presented to the court at the time of this Order and
25 time thereafter unless otherwise provided by subsequent order.
26 Each Form 105 presented to the Clerk for filing by Mr. Bonilla shall be a separate docket entry
27 |litem in the Miscellaneous File. For the ninety-one (91) Form 105s delivered to the court at the time
28 Miscellaneous File for Steven Wayne Bonilla was opened, the Clerk of the Court shall place them
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1 the docket in the order set forth in the List of Form 105s in the court’s separate docketing
2 linstruction issued in conjunction with this Order.
3 If future Form 105s are presented by Mr. Bonilla to the court, they will be docketed in the
4 |[Miscellaneous File when received, as the next open docket entry.
5 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within thirty (30 days) of the date of this Order, Wayne
6 |[Steven Bonilla shall file Supplemental Pleadings, if any are so desired by him, to addresses his
7 |\standing to file an involuntary bankruptcy petition for each of the Form 105 Subjects, and other
8 |jsubjects of future Form 105s delivered to the court by Mr. Bonilla. The supplemental pleadings,
9 which shall be supported by competent, admissible evidences as provided under the Federal Rules
10 llof Evidence, shall include:
11 A. A written statement of the legal and factual basis for the obligation asserted by
Mr. Bonilla against each of the Form 105 Subjects. This shall include any applicable
12 law upon which such obligation is asserted to exist.
13 B. The above written statement shall include the legal and factual basis by which
Mr. Bonilla asserts he has standing to file the Form 105s against each Form 105
14 Subject.
15 C. Copies of the documents or other writings upon which Mr. Bonilla asserts that the
obligation is based.
D. Such other documents and information Mr. Bonilla determines would be in support
17 of his standing to file an involuntary petition with the court.
18 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Bonilla will pay to the court at the time any
19 llinvoluntary Chapter 7 petition (Official Bankruptcy Form 105) the filing fee for each such involuntary
20 |lpetition to be filed or provide the court with a legal basis why such is not required. Such legal basis
21 be presented with the Supplemental Pleadings specified above.
22 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if no Supplemental Pleadings are timely filed, the Clerk
23 |lof the court may close this Miscellaneous File.
24 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notwithstanding the closing of the Miscellaneous File,
25 Clerk of the Court shall docket any additional Form 105s and file any subsequent documents
26 \\delivered to the court by Steven Wayne Bonilla in the Miscellaneous File without reopening the file
27 Mr. Bonilla requesting the reopening of the Miscellaneous File.
28 Upon the filing of any additional pleadings or documents in the Miscellaneous File after the
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1 |Ininety-one (91) Form 105s and the transmittal cover letters with them at the time the Miscellaneous
2 is opened, the Clerk of the Court shall notify the undersigned judge to whom the Miscellaneous
3 |Ifile is assigned that additional pleadings or documents have been docketed or filed, the docket entry
4 |Inumber for each such item, and the docket description for each such additional pleading or document.
5 |\Dated: June | 9, 2019 we
? RONAND H. SARGIS, Chis? Judge "
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UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CERTIFICATE OF MAILING
The undersigned deputy clerk in the office of the United
States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California
hereby certifies that a copy of the document to which this
certificate is attached was mailed today to the following
entities at the addresses shown below or on the attached list.
Steven Wayne Bonilla
J-48500, 3-EY-13
San Quentin, CA 94974
DATED: 6/19/19 By: | wr te ZW a
Deputy Clerk
EDC 3-070 (Rev. 6/28/10)
1 Instructions to Clerk of Court
2 Service List - Not Part of Order/Judgment
3 The Clerk of Court is instructed to send the Order/Judgment or other court generated document
transmitted herewith to the parties below. The Clerk of Court will send the document via the
4 BNC or, if checked ____, via the U.S. mail.
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San Quentin, CA 94974
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