### SERVED: April 4, 2016 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

In The Matter Of: Ridan Investments, Inc. Respondent 

### OFFICE OF HEARINGS WASHINGTON, DC ) ) ) ) ) Docket No. FAA-2013-1082 Case No. 201280700133 . l

ORDERDIRECTING THE PARTIESTOMEET AND CONFER REGARDING LITIGATION AND SCHEDULING ISSUES
The above captioned case was reassigned to the undersignedjudge on March 24, 2016. 

### By order ofthe ChiefAdministrative Law Judge, any previously established date for a prehearing conference or trial was suspended. Those dates are now vacated and there is a need to establish a new litigation schedule for this case. To assist the undersignedjudge, the parties should meet and conferto propose a mutually agreeable schedule. An administrative lawjudge may hold conferences to, among otherthings, "settle [or] simplify the issues by consent ofthe parties." 1 Pursuant to 14 C.F.R. 

### § 13.205(a)(l) and (7), it is hereby ORDERED:
I. The parties shall privately conduct an informalconference to meaningfully discuss litigation issues and proposed scheduling. 2. The parties shall draft ajointreport providing: a. any request to change the previously established venue, b. aproposed schedule for the completion ofdiscovery (or an indication that discovery is complete), c. a list ofany pending motions that have beenpreviously filed but have yet to be ruled upon, d. a proposed date for a telephonic prehearing conference withthe undersigned judge,

1 14 C.F.R. § 13.205.e. a proposed due date for the filing ofany prehearing motions (including a proposed date for a telephonic hearing on any filed motions, ifso desired), and 

### f. proposed hearing dates. The parties should provide at least three alternative dates on which the hearing may be held that are acceptable to all parties. 3. In addition to filingthe report with the Federal Aviation Administration Hearing Docket Clerk in accordance with 14 C.F.R. § 13.210, the parties shall submit the report to the undersignedjudgeat the Office ofHearings by fax, express carrier, or personal delivery no later than 30 calendar days after the date ofservice ofthis order.

Administrative Law Judge

Attachment: Service List

2SERVICE LIST ORIGINAL & ONE COPY Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20591 Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright Building-Suite 2Wl0002

President, Ridan Investments, Respondent 18540 Minthorn Street Lake Elsinore, CA 92530 TEL: NOT PROVIDED FAX: NOT PROVIDED ONE COPY

Lawrence M. Burek, Respondent's Counsel 550 North ParkcenterDrive, Suite 204 SantaAna, CA 92705 TEL: 714-564-9033 FAX: NOT PROVIDED Tammy Leach P.O. Box 891324 Temecula, CA 92589 TEL: 951-970-6762 FAX: NOT PROVIDED Glenn H. Brown, Complainant's Counsel Enforcement Division, Western Team Federal Aviation Administration 222 W. 7111 Avenue, Box 14 Anchorage, AK 99513-7587 TEL: 907-271-5271 FAX: '907-271-2800 DocketNo. FAA-2013-1082 (Civil Penalty Action)

2 Service was by U.S. MaiL For serVice in person or by expedited courier, use the following address: Federal Aviation Administration, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Wilbur Wright Building-Suite 2W1000, Washington, DC 20591;Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430.

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The Honorable Douglas M. Rawald,AdministrativeLawJudge Office ofHearings, M-20 U.S. Department ofTransportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. (E11-310) Washington, DC 20590 TEL: 202-366-5121 StaffAssistant FAX: 202-366-7536