Case MCP No. 204     Document  3     Filed 05/13/26     Page 1 of 2
                      UNITED STATES JUDICIAL PANEL 
                                     on 
                        MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION 
 
 
IN RE: FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS  
COMMISSION, “REDUCING BARRIERS TO  
NETWORK IMPROVEMENTS AND SERVICE  
CHANGES; ACCELERATING NETWORK  
MODERNIZATION,” REPORT AND ORDER, FCC 26-19,  
PUBLISHED IN 91 FED. REG. 20,913 ON APRIL 20, 2026                            MCP No.  204  
                                                                     
                                     
 
                         (SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE) 
                                                                                
 
                             CONSOLIDATION ORDER 
 
 
      The Federal Communications Commission issued a Report and Order that was published 
in the Federal Register on April 20, 2026. On May 12, 2026, the Panel received, pursuant to 28 
U.S.C. § 2112(a)(3), a notice of multicircuit petitions for review of that order.  The notice included 
petitions for review pending in two courts of appeal as follows: Fifth Circuit and Sixth Circuit. 
 
      The Panel has randomly selected the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 
in which to consolidate these petitions for review. 
 
      IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2112(a)(3), the petitions on 
the attached schedule are consolidated in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 
and that this circuit is designated as the circuit in which the record is to be filed pursuant to Rules 
16 and 17 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. 
 
 
                                    FOR THE PANEL: 
 
 
                                                                                              
                                    Jessica Walton, Case Administrator    
                                    Random Selector 
 
 
 
                                                                                                
                                    Carlo Abcede, Case Administrator     
                                    Witness 
 

         Case MCP No. 204     Document 3     Filed 05/13/26     Page 2 of 2

                                           
 
 
IN RE:  FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS  
COMMISSION, “REDUCING BARRIERS TO  
NETWORK IMPROVEMENTS AND SERVICE  
CHANGES; ACCELERATING NETWORK  
MODERNIZATION,” REPORT AND ORDER, FCC 26-19,  
PUBLISHED IN 91 FED. REG. 20,913 ON APRIL 20, 2026                               MCP No. 204 
 
 
                                                                              
                          SCHEDULE OF PETITIONS 
                                        
                                        
CIRCUIT NO.                                                           CASE CAPTION  
 
Fifth Circuit, No. 26-60304                                        Texas Association of Business v. FCC, et al. 
 
Sixth Circuit, No. 26-3375                                          Ohio Telecom Association v. FCC, et al.