ALJ Rules Against Auburn on FCC EB Sanctions Request
The Enforcement Bureau didn’t abuse FCC processes in Auburn Network’s license hearing proceeding and won’t be sanctioned (see 2108170064), said Administrative Law Judge Jane Halprin in an order posted in docket 21-20 Tuesday. She disagreed with Auburn's argument the bureau…
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was flouting rules with extra unauthorized filings and “hoops” for Auburn to jump through. “On the contrary, the purported ‘hoops’ were discovery decisions made by the Presiding Judge and, as detailed above, [Auburn] did not provide an appropriately targeted and explanatory response,” Halprin said. She denied Auburn's challenges to previous EB filings, required Auburn to resubmit discovery filings that the judge says weren’t sufficiently specific, and warned that future discovery filings should be focused on Auburn principal Michael Hubbard’s fitness to hold an FCC license.