AT&T Asks 9th Circuit for Briefing Stay for Settlement Talks With Ore. County

AT&T seeks the entry of an order from the 9th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court that stays the current briefing schedule in its appeal against Lane County, Oregon, “to allow for the parties to engage in further settlement efforts,” said its unopposed motion Tuesday (docket 24-855). Those settlement talks have been “fruitful to date,” said the motion. Under the existing briefing schedule, AT&T’s opening appellant brief in the appeal is due Friday, and Lane County’s answering brief, June 24. AT&T’s appeal contends that a U.S. magistrate judge, in granting summary judgment for Lane County, wrongly found that AT&T was obligated to appeal the county’s denial of its cell tower application to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeal (see 2402220046).