### SERVED: April 6, 2016 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION:,:' OFFICE OF HEARINGS · · · WASHINGTON, DC

In The Matter Of: ) ) ) ) ) DocketNo. FAA-2015-1321 Fisher Scientific Company, LLC Case No. 2011S0700457 Respondent ORDERDIRECTING THE PARTIES TO MEET AND CONFERREGARDING LITIGATION AND SCHEDULING ISSUES
The above captioned case was reassigned to the undersignedjudge onMarch 24, 2016. By order ofthe ChiefAdministrative Law Judge, any previously established date for a prehearing conference ortrial 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 other things, "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: 1. The parties shall privately conduct an informal conference to meaningfully discuss litigation issues and proposed scheduling. 2. The parties shall draft ajointreport providing: a. a suggested venue, b. a proposed schedule for the completion ofdiscovery (or an indicationthat discovery is complete), c. a list ofany pending motions that have beenpreviously filed buthave yet to be ruled upon, d. a proposed date for a telephonic prehearing conference with the undersigned judge,

I 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 fil,ing the report with the Federa,I Aviati?n Administration Hearing Docket Clerk in accordance with 14 C.F.R. § 13.210, the parties shall submit the report to the undersignedjudge at the Office ofHearings by fax, express carrier, orpersonal delivery 

### no later than 30 calendar days after the date ofservice ofthis order.

Attachment: Service List

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# 4GLAS M. RAWALD Administrative LawJudgeDocket No. FAA-2015-1321 (Civil Penalty Action) SERVICE LIST- BY U.S. MAIL
.. ORIGINAL & ONE COPY Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20591 · Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright Building-. Suite 2WI0002ONE COPY Jerry W. Cox, 

### Respondent's Counsel Counsel for Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

and Fisher Scientific Co., LLC 2050 Jamieson Ave., Suite 1212 Alexandria, VA 223I4 TEL: 703-757-5866 Email: jcox@potomacstrategyassociates.com William Vines, 

### Complainant's Counsel Office ofthe Regional Counsel, AS0-7 Southern Region 1701 Columbia Avenue College Park, GA 30337 TEL: 404-305-5200 FAX: 404-305-5223 The Honorable Douglas M. Rawald,

### Administrative lawJudge Office ofHearings, M-20 U.S. Department ofTransportation
. 1200NewJersey Avenue,S.E. (Ell-310) Washington, DC 20590 TEL: 202-366-5121 StaffAssistant FAX: 202-366-7536

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 2Wl000, Washington, DC 20591; Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430.