Federal Communications Commission DA 18-882 Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of William F. Crowell Application to Renew License for Amateur Radio Service Station W6WBJ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) WT Docket No. 08-20 FCC File No. 0002928684 ORDER Adopted: August 24, 2018 Released: August 24, 2018 By the Associate General Counsel: 1. By this order, we deny the “Request for permission to file Petition for Review in excess of the length prescribed by the provisions of 47 CFR Chapter I [47 CFR Sec. 1.48(b)],” filed July 30, 2018, by William F. Crowell (Crowell). We find that Crowell has not shown good cause for exceeding the prescribed page limit. 2. Crowell’s request indicates that he intends to appeal the order by Chief Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Richard L. Sippel dismissing his renewal application for amateur radio license W6WBJ and terminating the above-referenced proceeding. Order, FCC 18M-05 (Jul. 9, 2018). Under the Commission’s rules, appeals of an ALJ’s dismissal order are limited to 25 pages. 47 CFR. § 1.302(e). Crowell asserts that his appeal “involves approximately 16 important issues of Constitutional, statutory and regulatory interpretation applicable to the amateur radio service, which have never been decided by the Commission or by the courts.” Request at 1. He contends that 25 pages are insufficient to discuss all of these issues and requests permission to file a 35-page appeal. 3. Under the Commission’s rules, requests to exceed prescribed page limits are not routinely granted. 47 CFR. § 1.48(b). Our examination of the ALJ’s brief, six-page order, which Crowell seeks to appeal, does not suggest that the issues involved here are unusually complex. His conclusory assertions to the contrary do not persuade us otherwise. We therefore deny the request. 4. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to the authority delegated under 47 CFR § 0.251(c), the “Request for permission to file Petition for Review in excess of the length prescribed by the provisions of 47 CFR Chapter I [47 CFR Sec. 1.48(b)],” filed July 30, 2018, by William F. Crowell, IS DENIED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Linda L. Oliver Associate General Counsel Chief, Administrative Law Division Office of General Counsel 2