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District Judge Denies EchoStar Motion For Extension

Courtesy of TransmitterNews.COM
http://www.transmitternews.com/NewsWire/112106newsletter.cfm#H1

United States District Judge William P. Dimitrouleas filed his decision concerning the request by EchoStar to extend the distant network cut off date until April 2007. In the order filed today Judge Dimitrouleas wrote:

"The Court has carefully considered the Motion for Modification and does not find sufficient cause to modify the October 20, 2006 Order of Permanent Injunction or extend the effective date. Echostar has been aware since May 23, 2006, when the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued its Opinion remanding the case for entry of a nationwide permanent injunction, that such an injunction would likely be entered, and should have prepared for the contingency that a settlement agreement would not resolve the impending injunction. The time to prepare for such an outcome was months ago, when Echostar first learned of the likelihood of entry of a nationwide injunction, not weeks before the injunction would take effect. Moreover, this Court could have entered its injunction on August 18, 2006 upon receipt of the Eleventh Circuit's mandate but delayed entry in order to consider the issues raised by the parties in their Joint Stipulation to Enter Consent Judgment and Approve Settlement Agreement, and then on October 20, 2006 instead of imposing the injunction immediately, gave Echostar until December 1, 2006 before the injunction would become effective. Therefore, no further extension of time is warranted. Any unfortunate interruption of service to Echostar's clients continues to be the responsibility of Echostar."