District Court Grants Stay in T-Mobile/CPUC Case

T-Mobile got a stay from the U.S. District Court for Northern California in the carrier’s lawsuit against the California Public Utilities Commission. T-Mobile asked the court to pause its review of the CPUC’s USF contribution overhaul until the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals resolves the carrier’s appeal of the district court’s March 31 preliminary injunction denial (see 2305160003). The CPUC didn’t oppose. “In light of the statement of non-opposition, the court grants the motion to stay,” wrote Judge Laurel Beeler in a text entry in case 3:23-cv-00483-LB. The court sets a status hearing for May 16 at 11 a.m. “and will continue the stay if the Ninth Circuit has not ruled,” Beeler said.