MPUC Docket No. P-421, et al./PA-10-456

OAH Docket No. 11-2500-21391-2

 

 

STATE OF MINNESOTA

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

 

FOR THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

 

 

 

In the Matter of the Joint Petition for  Approval of Indirect Transfer of Control of Qwest Operating Companies to CenturyLink

 

 

ORDER REQUIRING JOINT PETITIONERS TO SUBMIT DOCUMENTS FOR

IN CAMERA INSPECTION

 

 

 

          On September 22, 2010, the Joint Petitioners filed a Motion for the Administrative Law Judge to Reconsider the September 21, 2010 Order on a Limited Basis or, in the Alternative, to Certify the Motion for a Supplemental Protective Order to the MPUC and a Request for a Stay.  In their motion, the Joint Petitioners contend that the September 21, 2010, Order issued by the Administrative Law Judge fails to adequately protect a limited number of “extraordinarily sensitive” documents, and seek to have those documents disclosed only to outside counsel and outside experts of the private Intervenors.  On September 27, 2010; Integra Telecom, Sprint, and T-Mobile filed responses in opposition to the Motion to Reconsider or Certify.

 

          The Administrative Law Judge has concluded that in camera inspection of the limited number of documents at issue in the Motion to Reconsider or Certify is appropriate in connection with consideration of the pending Motion.  Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Joint Petitioners shall submit copies of the documents at issue in the Motion to Reconsider or Certify to the Administrative Law Judge for in camera inspection by no later than 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 29, 2010. 

 

 

Date:  September 28, 2010

 

                                                            s/Barbara L. Neilson

                                                            _____________________________________

                                                                      BARBARA L. NEILSON

                                                                      Administrative Law Judge