SERVED: April 6, 2016 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION:,:' 

OFFICE OF HEARINGS · · · 

WASHINGTON, DC 

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Docket No. FAA-2015-1321 

Fisher Scientific Company, LLC 

Case No. 2011S0700457 

Respondent 

ORDER DIRECTING THE PARTIES TO MEET AND CONFER REGARDING 

LITIGATION AND SCHEDULING ISSUES 

The above captioned case was reassigned to the undersigned judge on March 24, 2016. By 

order of the Chief Administrative 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 undersigned judge, the parties should meet 

and confer to propose a mutually agreeable schedule. 

An administrative law judge may hold conferences to, among other things, "settle [or] 

simplify the issues by consent of the 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 a joint report providing: 

a. a suggested venue, 

b. a proposed schedule for the completion of discovery (or an indication that 

discovery is complete), 

c. a list of any pending motions that have been previously filed but have 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 of any prehearing motions (including a 

proposed date for a telephonic hearing on any filed motions, if so 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 

undersigned judge at the Office of Hearings by fax, express carrier, or personal delivery 

no later than 30 calendar days after the date of service of this order . 

Attachment: Service List 

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. ~~-- 4GLAS M. RAWALD 

Administrative Law Judge 
Docket No. FAA-2015-1321 

(Civil Penalty Action) 

SERVICE LIST - BY U.S. MAIL .. 

ORIGINAL & ONE COPY 

Federal Aviation Administration 

800 Independence A venue, S. W. 

Washington, DC 20591 · 

Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 

Wilbur Wright Building-. Suite 2WI0002 

ONE 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 223 I 4 

TEL: 703-757-5866 

Email: jcox@potomacstrategyassociates.com 

William Vines, Complainant's Counsel 

Office of the Regional Counsel, AS0-7 

Southern Region 

1701 Columbia A venue 

College Park, GA 30337 

TEL: 404-305-5200 

FAX: 404-305-5223 

The Honorable Douglas M. Rawald, Administrative law Judge 

Office of Hearings, M-20 

U.S. Department of Transportation . 

1200New Jersey Avenue,S.E. (Ell-310) 

Washington, DC 20590 

TEL: 202-366-5121 Staff Assistant 

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.