Krause

BACKGROUND

24 This action proceeds on Michael Krause’s (“Petitioner”) verified petition for the return of 25 his children S.K., P.K., and A.K. (the “Children”), to Petitioner (ECF No. 1), brought pursuant to 26 the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the 27 International Child Abduction Remedies Act, Pub. L. No. 100-300, 102 Stat. 437 (1988) (codified as amended at U.S.C. §§ 9001 et seq.) (“ICARA”), which implements the Convention. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302, for the preparation of findings and recommendations or other appropriate action. (ECF No. 17.) On January 21, 2022, the Court entered a stipulated order that included an agreed to term that neither party would be allowed to remove the Children that are the subject of this litigation from Merced County during the pendency of the litigation. (ECF Nos. 22, 23.) An evidentiary hearing is set to begin on May 25, 2022. On April 27, 2022, Petitioner filed, what was entitled on the docket as a memorandum in support. (Pet’r’s Mot. OSC…