*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 23349.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 3253 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Kalamazoo Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 164612 Kalamazoo, Michigan ) ) Petition for Reconsideration and Motion for ) Withdrawal ) ) Federal- State Joint Board on ) CC Docket No. 96- 45 Universal Service ) ) Changes to the Board of Directors of the ) CC Docket No. 97- 21 National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. ) ORDER Adopted: November 26, 2002 Released: November 27, 2002 By the Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau: 1. Before the Telecommunications Access Policy Division is a Petition for Reconsideration filed by Chadbourne & Parke LLP, on behalf of, Kalamazoo Public Schools (Kalamazoo), Kalamazoo, Michigan, seeking review of a decision issued by the Wireline Competition Bureau of the Federal Communication Commission (Bureau). 1 Kalamazoo seeks review of the Bureau’s denial of Kalamazoo’s request for review of a decision by the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company. 2 Since the Petition for Reconsideration was filed, however, the Bureau issued an Order reversing its prior Order. 3 Kalamazoo then filed a Motion for Withdrawal of its Petition for Reconsideration. 4 1 Letter from Dana Frix and Kemal Hawa, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, on behalf of Kalamazoo Public Schools, Kalamazoo, Michigan, to Federal Communications Commission, filed November 4, 2002 (Petition for Reconsideration). 2 See Petition for Reconsideration. Section 54.719( c) of the Commission’s rules provides that any person aggrieved by an action taken by a division of the Administrator may seek review from the Commission. 47 C. F. R. § 54. 719( c). 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 3253 2 Kalamazoo’s Petition for Reconsideration is therefore dismissed as moot and its Motion for Withdrawal is granted. 2. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated under sections 0.91, 0.291, and 54.722( a) of the Commission’s rules, 47 C. F. R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, and 54.722( a), that the Petition for Reconsideration filed by Kalamazoo Public Schools, Kalamazoo, Michigan, on November 4, 2002 IS DISMISSED as moot and its Motion for Withdrawal filed on November 7, 2002, IS GRANTED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau 3 Request for Review of the Decision of the Universal Service Administrator by Kalamazoo Public Schools, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service, Changes to the Board of Directors of the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc., CC Docket Nos. 96- 45 and 97- 21, Order on Reconsideration, DA 02-2975 (Wir. Com. Bur. rel. November 4, 2002). 4 Letter from Dana Frix and Kemal Hawa, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, on behalf of Kalamazoo Public Schools, Kalamazoo, Michigan, to Federal Communications Commission, filed November 7, 2002 (Motion for Withdrawal). 2