SCOTUS Denies Blanca Cert Petition in USF Debt Challenge vs. FCC

The Supreme Court denied Blanca Telephone’s Jan. 9 cert petition seeking enforcement of the 10th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court’s May 2021 mandate directing the FCC to collect an old USF debt only through “nonpunitive administrative offset” means, said a text-only entry (docket 22-645). Blanca alleged in a Jan. 16 supplement that the FCC retaliated against the ILEC’s cert petition by abruptly canceling its spectrum lease application for failure to make payment on a delinquent USF debt (see 2301190001). Blanca didn't comment Tuesday.