DC Circuit Dismisses Sandwich Isles Request for Review of USF Overpayment
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted an FCC motion by dismissing (in Pacer) an appeal by Sandwich Isles Communications in a dispute over the amount of improper USF payments that the telco must return…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations.
to the agency (see 1903280036). SIC missed its filing deadline by one day, the D.C. Circuit said, so the court lacks jurisdiction over an appeal. Early this year, the FCC issued a public notice that the government shutdown wouldn't impact any effective dates for actions related to the agency, the one-page court order noted. "The notice also explicitly stated that it did not affect the effective date of the Commission’s actions or dates for filing with entities other than the Commission." The carrier didn't comment.