Solicitor General, Broadcasters Seek SCOTUS Extension for Prometheus Cert Petition
The U.S. solicitor general is still considering an FCC appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Prometheus IV decision, the SG said in a request for extension submitted to Justice Samuel Alito Monday…
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(see 2002140048). The SG asked that the March 19 deadline be pushed back to April 18: “The further extension of time sought in this application is needed to permit further consultation with the Commission and with other components of the Department of Justice.” Broadcasters and NAB filed a similar extension request for their own cert application. The broadcasters said the additional time is needed to prepare their cert petition and so the court can consider the industry petition and the SG petition concurrently. Similar extension requests moving the deadline from February to March were granted earlier this year. A broadcast attorney familiar with the case said it isn’t unusual for the government to seek two such extensions.