SERVED: JUNE 11,2012 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF HEARINGS 

WASHINGTON, DC 

IN THE MAITER OF 

JESUS VALDEZ-PINA 

FAA DOCKET NO. [TO BE ASSIGNED] 

(Civil Penalty Action) 

FDMS NO. FAA-2012- 0471 

NOTICE OF HEARING DATES 

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

on August 28 and 29, 2012, inclusive, in the U.S. Tax Court, Room 4228, Federal 

Building, 880 Front Street, San Diego, CA. 92101-8828. Hearings will commence at 

9:00a.m. and conclude at 4:30p.m. each day. The parties shall vacate the courthouse on 

or before 5:00p.m. each day. 

Settled cases will not be removed from the docket until the Judge receives the proper 

pleading(s). 1 Pleadings2 

may be forwarded by fax, express mail, courier or postal 

service3

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

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

(856 F. 2d 652,26 Fed. R. Evict. Serv. 1225, 1988. See also Coakley & Williams Construction, 

Incorporated v Structural Concrete Equipment, Incorporated, 973 F.2d 349, 1992; 2 McCormick on Evict. 

§266 (6th ed.); Rule 68 ofthe Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.). Rule 408 ofthe 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.) 2 Materials filed in the FAA Hearing Docket (except for materials filed in security cases) are also available 

for viewing at http://www.regulations.gov. 3 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 internet at: 

http://www.{aa.gov/about/ofjice org/headquarters ofjiceslagc/pol adjudication/agc400/civil penalty/; see 

also: http://ectr.gpoaccess.gov/egi/t/text/text-idx?c=ectr&tpl=lectrbrowse/Titlel4/14tab 02. tpl. In 

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

1 
Attachment - Service List 

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

information, see the Web site. 

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SERVICE 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 2W10001 

Jesus Valdez-Pina, Respondent 

413 5 Broadway 

San Diego, CA 92102 

ONE COPY 

Theodore F. Byrne, Complainant's Counsel 

Attorney, Office of the Regional Counsel 

Western-Pacific Region . 

Federal Aviation Administration 

P.O. Box 92007 

Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007 

TEL: 310-725-7112 

FAJ(: 310-725-6816 

The Honorable Richard C. Goodwin, Administrative Law Judge 

Office ofHearings, M-20 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. (E11-J10) 

Washington, DC 20590 

TEL: 202-366-2139 Attorney-Advisor 

202-366-5121 Staff Assistant 

FAJ(: 202-366-7536 

FDMS No. FAA-2012-0471 

(Civil Penalty Action) 

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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.