FCC Defends Request to Hold USF Challenge in Abeyance
The FCC repeated its request that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit hold Consumers' Research's challenge to the Q4 USF contribution factor in abeyance, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit's decision to proceed…
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with a similar challenge, said a letter Friday in case 21-3886 (see 2203020033). The agency said the parties can "suggest how the case in this court should proceed" after the 5th Circuit's ruling and the FCC's USF report. It also asked the court to reject Consumers' Research's request that the FCC respond to the group's agency comment within 30 days, saying Consumers' Research "effectively seek[s] a writ of mandamus" without attempting to "justify such extraordinary relief" or providing a basis to "override the FCC's broad discretion to order its proceedings."