4th Circuit Grants Extended Schedule in DirecTV’s TCPA Appeal

The 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals granted an extended briefing schedule in DirecTV’s appeal of an Aug. 25 decision at the U.S. District Court for Northern West Virginia, denying its motion to compel arbitration in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act complaint. A joint appendix and DirecTV’s opening brief are now due Jan. 23, with plaintiffs’ response to the opening brief to follow April 10, said a clerk’s order Tuesday (docket 22-2041). Any DirecTV reply brief would be due May 10, said the order. DirecTV and the plaintiffs had jointly filed a motion for the extended schedule, but “any further request for an extension of time in which to file the opening brief and joint appendix shall be disfavored,” said the order.