SERVED: FEBRUARY 28, 2012 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION , n; VET OrERAii^jN:^ 

OFFICE OF HEARINGS 

WASHINGTON, DC M-- ff'^, -^^l P \' ^^'^ 

IN THE MATTER OF 

BEUCE E.THOMPSO N 

FAA DOCKET NO. [TO BE ASSIGNED] 

(Civil Penalty Action) 

FDMSNO . FAA-20II- 11 19 

NOTIC E O F TENTATIV E HEARIN G DATES 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that testimony and evidence will be heard and considered 

on April 27, 2012, inclusive, in Reno, Nevada. Parties will be advised of the specific 

place and time of the hearing by further Order. Hearings will commence at 9:00 a.m. and 

conclude at 4:30 p.m. each day. The parties should vacate the courthouse on or before 

5:00 p.m. each day. 

Settled cases will not be removed from the docket until the Judg e receives the 

prope r pleading(s).' 

Pleadings' may be fonvarded by fax, express mail, courie r or postal service . 

' "The public policy of favoring and encouraging settlement makes necessary the inadmissibility of 

settlement negotiations in order to tbsler frank discussions". (Fiberglass Insulators, Inc. v Dupuy, et al, 

(856F.2d652, 26Fed. R. Evici. Serv. 1225. 1988. See also Coakley & Williams Conslruction, 

Incoqioraled v Structural Concrete Equipment, Incoiporalcd, 973 F.2d 349, 1992; 2 McComiick on Evid. 

§266 (6th ed.): Rule 68 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.). Rule 408 of the Federal Rules of 

Evidence "...prohibits the admission of statements made in compromise negotiations..." (In the Matter of 

Africa Air Corporation. FAA Order No. 99-5). "Rule 408's public policy purpose of encouraging frank 

settlement discussions is as compelling in FAA civil penalty proceedings as it is in Federal Trials. Hence, 

its guidance will be followed in these proceeds." (Id.) 

^ Materials Hied in the FAA Hearing Docket (except for materials died in security cases) are also available 

for viewing at /utp.//www.reiiulatinns.gov. 

^ The Administrator's civil penalty' decisions, along with indexes of the decisions, the Rules of Practice, as 

well as other materials relating to civil penalty cases, are available on the internel at: 

hup://-\v\v^\'.fiw.^ovfahomfoffice_or^/heudquaners_nff]ccs/a}ic/poi aJhidicalion/afic400/civil_pcmillv/: see 

also: hlip://ecf}\^poacccss.gov/c>^i/l/iex(/icxi-idx':'c=ecfr&ipl^/ecfrbruwse/TilleN/Niab_02.{(}l. In 

addition, Thomson Reuters/West Publishing publishes Federal Aviation Decisions. Finally, the decisions 

are available through LEXIS (TRANS library) and WestLaw, 9FTRAN-FAA dalaba.se). For additional 

information, see the Web site. 
s o ORDERED. 

AUacl-unent - Service List 

U.S. Administrative Law Judge 
FDMSNo. FAA-20ll-in 9 

(Civil Penally Action) 

SERVICE US T 

ORIGINAL & ONE COPY 

Federal Aviation Administration 

800 Independence Avenue, S.W. 

Washington, DC 20591 

Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 

Wilbur Wright Building—Suite 2W1000' 

ONE COPY 

Brice E. Thompson, Respondent 

P.O.Box 11632 

Reno, NV 89510 

Lindsay M. Nakanf\ura, Compiaimmi's Counsel 

Attorney, Office of the Regional Counsel, AWP-7.11 

Western-Pacific Region 

Federal Aviation Administration 

P.O. Box 92007 

Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007 

TEL: 310-725-7138 

FAX: 310-725-6816 

The Honorable Richard C. Goodwin, Administrative Urn' Judge 

Office of Hearings, M-20 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. 

Washington, DC 20590 

TEL: 202-366-2139 Attorney-Advisor 

202-366-5121 Legal Assistant 

FAX: 202-366-7536 

' Ser\'icc was by U.S. Mail. For scnice in person or by expedited courier, use the following address: Federal 

Aviation Adininistralion. 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Wilbur Wriglil Building—Suite 2W1000. Washington. 

DC 20591; Atlenlion: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430.