United States v. Ropp

ORDER RE: MOTION TO DISMISS

FEESS, District Judge.

I

INTRODUCTION

In the present case, a federal grand jury indicted defendant Ropp for allegedly attempting to intercept electronic communications in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2511(l)(a) by installing a device, called a KeyKatcher, on the desktop computer of Karen Beck at the Orange County offices of Bristol West Insurance Group/Coast Nation Insurance Company. For purposes of this motion, the parties agree that Ropp placed the KeyKatcher on the cable that connects Ms. Beck’s keyboard to her computer’s central processing unit (CPU). As Ms. Beck…