5th Circuit Gives Pasadena Until Sept. 11 for Rehearing Motion vs. Crown Castle

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the city of Pasadena, Texas, a deadline extension to Sept. 11 to file motions for panel rehearing and en banc reconsideration of the Aug. 4 decision affirming the district court’s ruling in appellee Crown Castle’s favor, said an order signed Wednesday by U.S. Circuit Judge Jerry Smith. No further extensions will be granted, said the order. Pasadena asked for a 30-day extension to Sept. 18, but Crown Castle said it would endorse only a 14-day extension to Sept. 1 (see 2308160033). The 5th Circuit, like the district court, ruled Aug. 4 that Pasadena’s design manual unduly imposed burdensome requirements on Crown Castle’s small-node network.