FCC Asks Court for More Time to File in Infrastructure Case Amid Shutdown
The FCC asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to delay the Feb. 25 deadline for the final brief in the tribal challenges to a March wireless infrastructure order, in United Keetoowah Band v. FCC, No. 18-1129,…
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"until seven days after the Commission receives funding and resumes normal operations." The agency "contacted petitioners about this motion" but was "unable to ascertain their position,” it said Wednesday (in Pacer). During the shutdown, FCC attorneys are “prohibited from working, even on a voluntary basis, except in very limited circumstances,” the commission said.