## SERVED: 

# JUNE 11,2012

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF HEARINGS

WASHINGTON, DC

IN THE MAITEROF 

## JESUS VALDEZ-PINA FAA DOCKETNO. [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 onAugust 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 orbefore 5:00p.m. each day. Settled cases will notbe removed from the docket until the Judge receives the proper pleading(s). 1 

### Pleadings2 

### may be forwarded by fax, express mail, courier orpostal service3•

1 "Thepublic policy offavoring and encouraging settlementmakes necessarythe inadmissibility of settlementnegotiations in orderto 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 onEvict. §266 (6th ed.); Rule 68 ofthe Federal Rules ofCivil Procedure.). Rule 408 ofthe Federal Rules of Evidence "

...prohibits the admission ofstatements made in compromise negotiations

..." (Inthe Matter of Africa Air Corporation, FAA OrderNo. 99-5). "Rule408's publicpolicypurpose ofencouraging 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 ofthe decisions, the Rules ofPractice, as well as othermaterials relating to civil penalty cases, are available onthe 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. 

### 2

### 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 2W1000 1



### Jesus Valdez-Pina, Respondent 4135 Broadway San Diego, CA 92102 ONE COPY



### Theodore F. Byrne, Complainant's Counsel 

### Attorney, Office ofthe 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,AdministrativeLawJudge 

### Office ofHearings, M-20 U.S. Department ofTransportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. (E11-J10) Washington, DC 20590 TEL: 202-366-2139 Attorney-Advisor 202-366-5121 StaffAssistant FAJ(: 202-366-7536 FDMS No. FAA-2012-0471 (Civil Penalty Action)

1 Service was by U.S. Mail. For service inperson orby 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.