FCC Asks Court To Maintain Hold on 2013 ICS Case Pending Review of 2015 Order
The FCC filed an "unopposed" motion for a court to continue to hold in abeyance challenges to a 2013 commission order capping interstate inmate calling service rates (Securus Technologies v. FCC, No. 13-1280) pending court resolution of challenges to a…
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2015 order capping interstate and intrastate ICS rates and other charges (Global Tel*Link v. FCC, Nos. 15-1461 et al.). In a motion (in Pacer) filed Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the FCC's counsel said he is "authorized to represent that no party opposes the Motion." The court has issued two stays blocking rate caps and other parts of the 2015 order pending further review on the merits (see 1603070055 and 1603230058)