UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION

IN RE:

PETITION OF JOHN AND BRUNNA CORNELL as owners pro hac vice of and for a 23’ 2023 CROWLINE E235XS, hull Identification number KIS89500C323, her engines, tackle, And appurtenances, for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability

Case No. 8:24-cv-900-SDM-AAS

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ORDER On August 21, 2024, Freedom Boat Club, LLC, appeared in this action. I am a member of Freedom Boat Club. Although I do not doubt my ability to remain impartial throughout this case, under

, a judge shall disqualify herself in any proceeding in which her impartiality might reasonably be questioned.

(a). When the proper grounds exist, a judge has an affirmative and self-enforcing obligation to recuse herself sua sponte. United States v. Kelly,

(11th Cir. 1989). Accordingly, I recuse myself. The Clerk is DIRECTED to reassign this case to another magistrate judge by random draw. ORDERED in Tampa, Florida on September 8, 2024. Aranda. Apna he Sassoug_ AMANDA ARNOLD SANSONE United States Magistrate Judge