Davis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JORGE CONTRERAS, Case No. 1:19-cv-01523-AWI-SAB

Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE

v. ORDER OVERRULING PETITIONER’S

OBJECTIONS TO ASSIGNMENT OF A

RONALD DAVIS, Warden of San Quentin MAGISTRATE JUDGE State Prison,1 (ECF No. 95) 16 Before the Court are objections to the assignment of a magistrate judge to the case, filed on March 8, 2022, by counsel for Petitioner, Brian Pomerantz and Ken Murray (hereinafter “Objections”). The Court having considered the Objections, the record, and the controlling law, and finding the matter amenable to decision without a hearing pursuant to Eastern District of California Local Rule 230(g), overrules the Objections, as explained below. I. BACKGROUND The facts underlying this case, reflected in the Court’s docket, are summarized as follows. 27 1 Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(d), Ron Broomfield, Warden of…