SERVED FEBRUARY 29, 2012 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ... ••p^:rr'..;pf,iT Qr 

OFFICE OF HEARINGS ..' i^^'^-poi^^^^ 

WASHINGTON, DC '-V'c! ripfCKITIOMS 

IN THE MATTER OF ^''^ ' ^•' ' 

BRICEE. THOMPSON 

FAA DOCKET NO. [TO BE ASSIGNED] 

(Civil Penalty Action) 

FDMSNO. FAA-20n- 1119 

NOTICE OF HEARfNC DATES 

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

on May 8, 2012, inclusive, at the second floor Courtroom, of The National Judicial 

College, on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada'. 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 Judge receives the 

proper pleading(s). 

Pleadings'* may be forwarded by fax, express mail, courier or postal service . 

' The Courtroom is located on llie second floor of The National Judicial College wliich is on the campus of 

the Universit>' of Nevada Reno facing onto Evans Avenue at Jodi. There is metered or permit only parking 

ne.\t to the building, and parking on ilie residential streets surrounding the cmnpus requires a pcnnit. The 

easiest, most economical means is to park in the Wlialen Parking Structure where the top level is for day 

use visitors. $7.00 for all day. The Wliiiicn is beUvecn 14"^ & 15 Streets on NorUi Virginia Street (coming 

from downtown or 1-80). Visitors take the Whalcn elevator to the ground floor, exit to tiie East and cross 

the street (which cuts tJini the center of campus). There is a fliglit of stairs to get up to the level of (he NJC 

building entrance, or visitors can enter (he William Raggio Education Building (to the right of the concrete 

stairs) and take the elevator up to the lobby level. Tlie NJC will be on tlieir left as they exit the building) 

^ "Tlie 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. Evid. Ser\'. 1225, 1988. Sec also Coakley & Williams Construction," 

Incorporated v Structural Concrete Equipment, Incorporated, 973 F.2d 349, 1992; 2 McConnick on Evid. 

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

Evidence "'...prohibits llic 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 penalt>' proceedings as it is in Federal Trials. Hence, 

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

^ Materials filed in Uie FAA Hearing Docket (except for materials filed in security cases) are also available 

for viewing at hitp./Avww. resulniions.gov. 

•^ The Adiinnislrator's civil penally decisions, along willi indexes of llie decisions, the Rules of Practice, as 

well as otlicrniaterials relating to civil penalty cases, are available on the internet al: 

I 
s o ORDERED 

IUc^<i C Cr^ ^ 

Richard C. Goodwin 

U.S. Administrative Law Judge 

Attachment - Service List 

hllp://www. foa. sov/about/ofTice org/headquartersojjices/o^c/pol adiu(iicalion/nsc400/civil penally/: see 

also: h(tp://ecfr.spoaccess.gov/csi/t/lext/text-idx'^c=ecfr&lpl=/ecfrbrowse/TiileI4/}4(ab_02.lp{. In 

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

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

information, see llie Web site. 
FDMSNo. FAA-2011-1119 

(Civil Penalty Action) 

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' 

ONE COPY 

Brice E. Thompson, Respondent, 

PC. Box 11632 

Reno, NV 89510 

L-indsay M. Nakamura, Coniplainanf 's Counsel 

Attorney, Office of the Regional Counsel, A\VP-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, Administnuive Law 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 

' Service was by U.S. Mail For service in person or by expedited courier, use Ihe following address: Federal 

Aviation Adnunistration, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Wilbur Wright Building—Suite 2W1000. Washington, 

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

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