Media Contact: 
Robin Colwell, (202) 418-2300
Robin.Colwell@fcc.gov
For Immediate Release
STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER MICHAEL O’RIELLY 
ON DC CIRCUIT DENIAL OF PETITION TO RECONSIDER 
NET NEUTRALITY DECISION EN BANC
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2017. — “I disagreed with the Court’s 2016 split decision, and 
also disagree with the split decision not to reconsider the matter en banc.  However, this 
issue is somewhat moot for now as the Commission is under new leadership and headed 
in a far better direction. Rehashing old history here makes little sense, except to highlight 
the questionable degree of deference the court afforded the Commission – which, in all 
fairness, should also apply in the event that any future Commission action on net 
neutrality is reviewed.”
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Office of Commissioner Mike O’Rielly: (202) 418-2300
Twitter: @mikeofcc
www.fcc.gov/leadership/michael-orielly
This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes 
official action.  See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).