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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of                )
                                )
FCC Construction Deadline for 800 MHz )      
Licensees Receiving Relief Pursuant to )
FCC 98-167                      )
                                )       
                                 

                                 
                             ORDER


   Adopted:  December 15, 1999          Released:  December 15, 1999

By the Chief, Policy and Rules Branch, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:

     1.   In this Order, we dismiss as moot both the December 23, 1998 Emergency Request for Stay
(Stay Request) and the February 25, 1999 Petition for Reconsideration (Petition for Reconsideration) filed by
Daniel R. Goodman (Goodman), the court-appointed Receiver for Metropolitan Communications Corp.,
Nationwide Digital Data Corp., Columbia Communications Services Corp., and Stephens Sinclair Ltd.
(Receivership Companies).  In his Stay Request, Goodman requests that, pending the outcome of his Petition
for Review of the Goodman/Chan Reconsideration Order before the United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit (Court of Appeals), we stay the issuance of construction inquiry letters (FCC
Form 800-A) after the December 28, 1998 deadline for construction by certain 800 MHz Specialized Mobile
Radio (SMR) licensees who obtained their authorizations through one of the Receivership Companies
(Goodman/Chan licensees).  Goodman argues that because the Goodman/Chan licensees would not construct
their stations until final resolution of the licensing status of these authorizations, issuance of the 800-A letters
prior to the Court of Appeals' decision on the Petition for Review would result in inadequate responses and the
deletion of the licenses.  In his Petition for Reconsideration, Goodman requests reconsideration of the issuance
of construction inquiry letters to certain Goodman/Chan licensees after the December 28, 1998 deadline.

     2.   On July 16, 1999, the Court of Appeals dismissed Goodman's Petition for Review on
procedural grounds, without reaching the merits.  We therefore dismiss both Goodman's Stay Request and his
Petition for Reconsideration as moot.

     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to section 4(i) of the Communications Act, as
amended, 47 U.S.C.  154(i), and section 0.331 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.331, the  Emergency
Request for Stay, filed December 23, 1998, and the Petition for Reconsideration, filed February 25, 1999, by
Daniel R. Goodman ARE DISMISSED AS MOOT.


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              Paul D'Ari
                              Chief, Policy and Rules Branch
                              Commercial Wireless Division
                              Wireless Telecommunications Bureau