Judge Grants Wireless ISP’s Dismissal of EBS Claims vs. 3 Md. Schools
U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett for Maryland in Baltimore granted the Aug. 18 motion of Bloosurf, a wireless internet services provider to low-income, rural communities on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, to voluntarily dismiss without prejudice its educational broadcast service license claims…
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against three area colleges (see 2308210030), said the judge’s signed order Friday (docket 1:22-cv-03254). Bloosurf is seeking to block the schools from selling their FCC-approved EBS licenses to T-Mobile, a direct competitor. Bennett granted the colleges’ motion in July to dismiss Bloosurf’s complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, granting Bloosurf leave to amend the complaint by Aug. 21 (see 2307270014). Bloosurf responded by refiling the same claims against the colleges in Maryland state court. It sought to dismiss the federal action “so that it may pursue its claims in the appropriate tribunal,” it said.