Reynolds

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division ASSURANCE WIRELESS USA, L.P., et al., Case No. 23-cv-00483-LB

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR A

v. STAY PENDING APPEAL

ALICE B. REYNOLDS, et al., Re: ECF No. 39 Defendants. 16 The plaintiffs — T-Mobile and three of its subsidiaries — are wireless carriers that challenge a new California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) rule that changes how California funds universal-service programs, which expand public access to communications services. Under the federal Telecommunications Act, the federal government and states both fund universal service: the FCC assesses surcharges on common carriers’ interstate and international services, and states assess surcharges on the carriers’ intrastate services. The FCC assesses its surcharges based on a percentage of carriers’ interstate revenues. California has done the same for intrastate revenues, but under its new rule, beginning April…