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USCA Case #15-1461

Document #1602581

Filed: 03/07/2016

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United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

____________

No. 15-1461

September Term, 2015
FCC-80FR79136
Filed On: March 7, 2016

Global Tel*Link,
Petitioner
v.
Federal Communications Commission and
United States of America,
Respondents
-----------------------------Centurylink Public Communications, Inc., et
al.,
Intervenors
-----------------------------Consolidated with 15-1498, 16-1012,
16-1029, 16-1038, 16-1046, 16-1057

BEFORE:

Tatel, Brown, and Griffith, Circuit Judges
ORDER

Upon consideration of the motions for stay, the oppositions thereto, and the
replies; the motion of the State of Oklahoma for leave to file a motion for stay and the
oppositions thereto; and the motion of Network Communications International for leave
to file an amicus curiae brief in response to the motions to stay, it is
ORDERED that the motion of Oklahoma for leave to file a motion for stay be
denied. It is
FURTHER ORDERED that the motion of Network Communications International
to file an amicus brief in response to the motions to stay be denied. It is
FURTHER ORDERED that the motions for stay be granted in part and denied in
part. The motions are granted as to the provisions of the Federal Communications
Commission’s “Second Report and Order and Third Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking,” FCC 15-136 (Nov. 5, 2015), regarding 47 C.F.R. §§ 64.6010 (setting caps

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Document #1602581

Filed: 03/07/2016

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United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

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No. 15-1461

September Term, 2015

on calling rates) and 64.6020(b)(2) (setting caps on fees for single-call services). With
respect to these provisions, petitioners have satisfied the stringent requirements for a
stay pending court review. See Winter v. Natural Res. Def. Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7,
20 (2008); D.C. Circuit Handbook of Practice and Internal Procedures 33 (2016). The
motions are denied in all other respects.
Per Curiam

FOR THE COURT:
Mark J. Langer, Clerk
BY:

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/s/
Robert J. Cavello
Deputy Clerk