Discovery Deadline Extended in Crown Castle-Oyster Bay Court Fight

U.S. Magistrate Judge James Wicks in Central Islip, New York, on Saturday granted a one-week deadline extension until Friday for Oyster Bay, New York, to complete discovery in its legal fight with Crown Castle. Most of the documents responsive to Crown Castle’s discovery requests “are not readily available and must be searched for and located” by town employees, said Oyster Bay in its unopposed motion for an extension (docket 2:21-cv-06305). Crown Castle sued the town in November, alleging the municipality and its officials obstructed its 23 applications for special permit approval to install 23 small wireless facilities within the public rights of way (ROW). Among Crown Castle’s allegations were that the town “imposed unreasonable, excessive, and prohibitive escrow charges and application fees,” and that it required a ROW use agreement with Crown Castle but refused to execute one.