Appeals Court Rejects China Telecom Appeal of FCC

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected as premature China Telecom America’s appeal of an FCC order revoking the company’s Communications Act Section 214 authorizations (see 2102020029). The court Monday sided with arguments made by the FCC in dismissing the appeal for lack of jurisdiction (see 2104020055). “This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final agency actions … and certain interlocutory and collateral orders,” the 4th U.S. Circuit said in docket 20-2365 (in Pacer): “The order CTA seeks to appeal is neither.” The company didn’t comment.