Crowe v. County of San Diego

ORDER DENYING CBS’S OBJECTION TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S RULING; AFFIRMING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S RULING ON MOTION TO COMPEL

RHOADES, District Judge.

I. Introduction

CBS Broadcasting Inc. (“CBS”), a non-party to this action, filed an objection to Magistrate Judge Ruben Brooks’ ruling compelling CBS to produce to defendant Summer Stephan the full interview of Stephan that was conducted by CBS in conjunction with the television news program “48 Hours.” The issue raised by this appeal of the magistrate judge’s order juxtaposes the First Amendment right to freedom of the press with the widely-accepted…