Sweeney

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 1] United States of America, No. 2:17-cv-00112-KJM-KJIN Plaintiff, ORDER v. John Donnelly Sweeney and Point Buckler Club, LLC, Defendants. 17 The court previously ordered the parties to submit a joint proposal regarding the court’s 19 suggestion it planned to appoint a magistrate judge as a special master with a specified “role and 20 duties.” Prior Order at 31, ECF No. 210. The court also ordered the parties to show cause why U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremy Peterson should not be appointed special master. /d. In response, 22 the parties submitted competing proposals, see Parties’ Proposals, ECF No. 215, but did not 23 contest Judge Peterson’s credentials or ability to serve in some capacity, see U.S. Resp., ECF No. 214. The court has reviewed the parties’ proposals and the applicable law, and now refers this matter to Magistrate Judge Peterson, as explained below. Two sources…