In a report that claims of rejection, San Mateo judge pins down upon a media consortium appeal to view the documents used to procure the search warrant used against Gizmodo editor Jason Chen.

Stephen Hall, judge at San Mateo snubbed the appeal but has forwarded the case to a judge, who prior to this worked on the same.

It was this claim that led the local police to search Jason Chen's house after the editor claimed that Gizmodo had paid $5,000 for an iPhone 4G prototype that seemed to be missing after a field testing operation was performed.

In lieu of this the officials at the District Attorney have strongly opposed the request and at the same time stated that if the documents are revealed it may reveal some sensitive information that may affect the on-going investigation.

This was further stressed by Chief Deputy District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe, who said, "[There is] further investigation we want to do, people we want to speak with. Our belief is that it's a proper search."