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FCC EB Hasn't Turned Over Discovery: Auburn Network

The FCC Enforcement Bureau got 20,000 pages from Auburn Network but hasn’t turned over any discovery, said the broadcaster's opposition to a motion to quash. It's the latest salvo in discovery (see 2107210041) that has made up the bulk so…

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far of the proceedings on the fitness of Auburn principal Michael Hubbard to hold an FCC license. Hubbard is serving a four-year prison sentence in Alabama on ethics charges for his time as speaker of the Alabama House, and his earliest possible release is in 2023, said the Alabama Department of Corrections. Auburn argued EB violated ex parte rules by discussing the case with Media Bureau staff and planning FCC litigation strategy. “The Enforcement Bureau has set itself up as the more equal party, exempt from the FCC’s rules,” Auburn said. “The Presiding Judge should order the Enforcement Bureau to respond to Auburn’s interrogatories completely, fully and without further delay.”