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Nature of Suit Code: 560
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Civil Detainee - Conditions of Confinement
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DENNIS MACK,

Plaintiff,

v.

CLIFF ALLENBY, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:15-cv-00020-SKO (PC)

New Case No. 1:15-cv-00020-LJO-MJS (PC)

ORDER RELATING CASES AND 

REASSIGNING ACTION TO DISTRICT 

JUDGE LAWRENCE J. O’NEILL AND 

MAGISTRATE JUDGE MICHAEL J. SENG

On November 18, 2014, Plaintiff Dennis Mack, a civil detainee proceeding pro se, filed 

this Civil Rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 challenging Defendants’ 

assessment, classification and detention of Plaintiff under California’s Sexually Violent Predator 

Act and failure to provide him outpatient treatment in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of 

the U.S. Constitution. (ECF No. 1.) 

A number of virtually identical actions have been filed in or transferred to this Court. The 

Court’s review of these cases reveals that the instant action is related under Local Rule 123 to the 

action entitled Klein v. King, 1:14-cv-01440-MJS. Both actions are based on the same underlying 

facts and involve overlapping questions of law and fact. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Office of the Clerk shall relate this case with case 1:14-cv-01440-MJS; 

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2. This case shall be assigned to the docket of District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill and 

reassigned to the docket of Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng; and

3. The new case number shall be:

1:15-cv-00020-LJO-MJS (PC)

and all future pleadings and/or correspondence must be so numbered. Use of an 

incorrect case number or incorrect judge’s initials may result in delay in processing 

documents and distribution of copies to the judge assigned.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 6, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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