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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARK S. SOKOLSKY,

Plaintiff,

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 

Defendants.

Case No. 1:13-cv-02044 LJO DLB PC

ORDER DISREGARDING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION FOR TEMPORARY 

APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES

[ECF No. 12]

Plaintiff Mark S. Sokolsky is a civil detainee proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in

this civil rights action. Plaintiff filed his initial complaint on December 16, 2013. On September 

11, 2014, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint.

On March 2, 2015, Plaintiff filed the instant motion for temporary assignment of judges 

to the Eastern District of California, Fresno Division. Plaintiff is advised that this Court is 

without authority to temporarily assign judges to the district. Further, the Court’s jurisdiction is 

limited to the parties before it in this action and to Plaintiff’s claims concerning the kosher meal 

program at Coalinga State Hospital. See e.g., Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Env’t, 523 U.S. 

83, 103-04, 118 S.Ct. 1003 (1998) (“[The] triad of injury in fact, causation, and redressability 

constitutes the core of Article III’s case-or-controversy requirement, and the party invoking 

federal jurisdiction bears the burden of establishing its existence.”) (citation omitted); American 

Civil Liberties Union of Nevada v. Masto, 670 F.3d 1046, 1061-62 (9th Cir. 2012) (“[F]ederal 

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courts may adjudicate only actual, ongoing cases or controversies.”) (citation and internal 

quotation marks omitted). 

Accordingly, Plaintiff’s motion for temporary appointment of judges is 

DISREGARDED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 11, 2015 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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