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United States Court of Appeals For The Federal Circuit
United States Court of Appeals For The Federal Circuit
2021-115
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I.
On July 23, 2020, Correct Transmission filed this pa-
tent infringement suit in the Western District of Texas
against ADTRAN, a Delaware corporation with its princi-
pal place of business in Huntsville, Alabama. Correct
Transmission alleged that ADTRAN maintained a regular
and established place of business in the Western District of
Texas. On September 14, 2020, ADTRAN moved to dismiss
the case for improper venue or alternatively to transfer the
case to the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Alabama.
In October 2020, the district court granted Correct
Transmission’s requests for venue-related discovery con-
cerning ADTRAN’s connections to the district and to stay
the deadline for Correct Transmission to respond to
ADTRAN’s venue motion. The court also issued a schedul-
ing order that closed venue-related discovery on March 12,
2021; set a briefing schedule for the motion to be completed
by April 9, 2021; permitted claim-construction related dis-
covery; and set a Markman hearing for May 28, 2021.
On December 7, 2020, ADTRAN filed a motion asking
the district court to stay all case deadlines unrelated to the
briefing and disposition of the venue motion. Correct
Transmission filed its response to that motion on December
21, 2020, and ADTRAN filed its reply on December 28,
2020. On February 4, 2021, the district court indicated
that it would address ADTRAN’s stay motion “in due time”
but “will not be staying the deadlines at this time,”
APPX0318, and indicated that it would hold a hearing after
briefing on the venue motion was completed. ADTRAN
filed the instant petition on February 11, 2021.
II.
Mandamus is “reserved for extraordinary situations.”
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. v. Mayacamas Corp., 485 U.S.
271, 289 (1988) (citation omitted). Under the well-
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