Sokolsky v. State of California et al

Filing 13

ORDER Disregarding Plaintiff's Motion For Temporary Appointment Of Judges (ECF No. 12 ), signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis L. Beck on 3/11/2015. (Fahrney, E)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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MARK S. SOKOLSKY,

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Case No. 1:13-cv-02044 LJO DLB PC
ORDER DISREGARDING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION FOR TEMPORARY
APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES

Plaintiff,
v.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.,

[ECF No. 12]

Defendants.

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

18 this civil rights action. Plaintiff filed his initial complaint on December 16, 2013. On September
19 11, 2014, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint.
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On March 2, 2015, Plaintiff filed the instant motion for temporary assignment of judges

21 to the Eastern District of California, Fresno Division. Plaintiff is advised that this Court is
22 without authority to temporarily assign judges to the district. Further, the Court’s jurisdiction is
23 limited to the parties before it in this action and to Plaintiff’s claims concerning the kosher meal
24 program at Coalinga State Hospital. See e.g., Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Env’t, 523 U.S.
25 83, 103-04, 118 S.Ct. 1003 (1998) (“[The] triad of injury in fact, causation, and redressability
26 constitutes the core of Article III’s case-or-controversy requirement, and the party invoking
27 federal jurisdiction bears the burden of establishing its existence.”) (citation omitted); American
28 Civil Liberties Union of Nevada v. Masto, 670 F.3d 1046, 1061-62 (9th Cir. 2012) (“[F]ederal

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Accordingly,

Plaintiff’s

motion

for

temporary

appointment

of

judges

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

/s/ Dennis

March 11, 2015

L. Beck

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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