Mealey's (October 8, 2018, 12:53 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Two weeks after the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued an awaited ruling defining an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) in the context of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Facebook Inc. on Oct. 4 asked the court to extend the existing stays in two appeals about potential violations of the statute by automated text messages in light of yet another pending appeal that the social network says will address issues that remain unresolved after the recent ruling (Colin R. Brickman v. Facebook Inc., No. 17-80080, and Christine Holt v. Facebook Inc., No. 17-80086, 9th Cir.)....