In Re Search of 6783 East Soaring Eagle Way, Scottsdale

ORDER

ANDERSON, United States Magistrate Judge.

This matter arises on Petitioners’ Motion To Release Grand Jury Transcript, filed on April 14, 2000. The Government opposes the disclosure to which the inter-venor, Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., (“Winn-Dixie”) has joined. The issue before the Court is one of first impression: whether a magistrate judge’s lawful authority to order the disclosure of grand jury testimony falls within the “pretrial duties” or “additional duties” delegated to magistrate judges under the Federal Magistrates Act (the “Act”). See, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A) and (b)(3),…