9th Circuit Sets Dates for T-Mobile's Appeal vs. CPUC

T-Mobile’s opening brief in a California USF appeal is due by May 1, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday. The California Public Utilities Commission’s answering brief will be due May 30 or four weeks after after the opening brief arrives, and the carrier’s optional reply brief will be due three weeks after the CPUC responds, the court said. T-Mobile and subsidiaries are challenging the U.S. District Court of Northern California denying preliminary injunction against a CPUC order requiring a change to a connections-based contribution method (case 23-15490). The CPUC order took effect Saturday, but T-Mobile asked for a stay pending appeal in docket 3:23-cv-00483 at the lower court (see 2304040011).