Federal Communications Commission DA 14-988
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet
Request for an Extension of Time from 
Nickolaus E. Leggett
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GN Docket No. 14-28
ORDER
Adopted:  July 10, 2014 Released: July 10, 2014
By the Acting Chief, Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau:
1. In this Order, the Competition Policy Division of the Wireline Competition Bureau 
denies a request for an extension of time to file comments and reply comments in the Commission’s Open 
Internet rulemaking proceeding, filed by Nickolaus E. Leggett.
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  On May 15, 2014, the Commission 
released the 2014 Open Internet NPRM.
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  In the 2014 Open Internet NPRM, the Commission sought 
comment on new rules to protect and promote the open Internet, to replace those that the U.S. Court of 
Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down in the Verizon decision on January 15, 2014.
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  The Commission 
also sought comment on proposed enhancements to the transparency rule that is currently in effect.  The 
2014 Open Internet NPRM set dates for comments and reply comments as July 15 and September 10, 
2014, respectively.
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2. Mr. Leggett requests that the Commission consider granting an extension of the comment 
and reply comment periods for this proceeding.
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  Mr. Leggett asserts that “it has become clear that the 
Commission’s staff is not large enough to carefully read and process the flood of comments from the 
public in the available time.”
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3. It is the policy of the Commission that extensions of time shall not be routinely granted,
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and we do not believe that an extension is warranted in this instance.  Mr. Leggett has failed to state a 
reason why interested commenters would be unable to meet, or face difficulties in meeting, the dates set 
by the Commission for comment and reply comment submissions.  Rather, Mr. Leggett argues only that 
                                                     
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Request for an Extension of Time from Nickolaus E. Leggett, GN Docket No. 14-28 (filed Jun. 18, 2014) (Leggett 
Request).
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See Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet, GN Docket No. 14-28, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 14-
61, para. 3 (rel. May 15, 2014) (2014 Open Internet NPRM).
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Verizon v. FCC, 740 F.3d 623 (D.C. Cir. 2014).
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See 2014 Open Internet NPRM.
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Leggett Request at 2.
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Id.
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47 C.F.R. § 1.46.
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the Commission will have difficulties processing the large number of comments expected in this 
proceeding.  We find that Mr. Leggett’s assertion is not relevant to the submission dates set for interested 
parties to file comments and replies.  For these reasons, Mr. Leggett’s request for an extension of time is 
denied.
4. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to sections 4(i), 4(j), 5(c) and 303(r) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i), 154(j), 155(c) and 303(r), and sections 
0.91, 0.291, and 1.46 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, 1.46, the Request for an 
Extension of Time filed by Nickolaus E. Leggett IS DENIED.
5. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to section 1.102(b)(1) of the Commission’s 
rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.102(b)(1), this Order SHALL BE EFFECTIVE upon release.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Randy Clarke
Acting Chief
Competition Policy Division
Wireline Competition Bureau