Inzunna

Guylin Cummins, Esq., Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, San Diego, CA, Counsel for Copley Press, Inc.

Robert Ciaffa, Esq, Michael Wheat, Esq., Paul Cook, Esq., San Diego, CA, Counsel for Plaintiff.

R.J. Coughlan, Jr., Coughlan, Semmer & Lipman, LLP, San Diego, CA, Counsel for Michael Zucchet: (and specially appearing for Ralph Inzunza and David Cowan).

Dominic Gentile, Esq., Law Offices of Dominic Gentile, Las Vegas, NV, Counsel for Lance Malone.

Frank Ragen, II, Esq., Law Offices of Frank Ragen, San Diego, CA, Counsel for Charles Lewis.

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO ITERVENE; DENYING MOTION FOR ACCESS TO SEALED COURT DOCUMENTS

MILLER, District Judge.

This case presents the question whether the qualified First Amendment right of public access attaches to Title III wiretap materials and search warrant affidavits following the return of indictments but prior to a substantive challenge to those materials. The Copley Press, Inc. ("Copley"), publisher of The San Diego Union-Tribune, moves to intervene in this action to obtain access to all sealed records filed with the court in this case. The Government and Defendants Ralph Inzunza, Michael Zucchet, and Charles Lewis (collectively…