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SERVED: August 27,2013 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF HEARINGS 

WASHINGTON, DC 

IN THE MATTERS OF 

SKYWEST AIRLINES 

FAA DOCKET NO. [TO BE ASSIGNED] 

(Civil Penalty Action) 

FDMS NO. FAA-2013-0292 

FDMS NO. FAA-2013-0293 

FDMS NO. FAA-2013-0612 

AMENDED PROCEDURAL ORDERS 

Paragraphs #2 and #3 of the Procedural Orders 1 are amended as follows2

: 

WHEREFORE, the parties be and are hereby ORDERED to adhere to the following 

procedural schedule: 

1. On or before January 3, 2014, the parties shall conclude all discovery 

including, but not limited to, depositions, document production, responses 

to production requests and/or interrogatories. If the parties cannot tesolve 

a discovery dispute they shall submit the dispute to the undersigned for 

· resolution in a timely manner; 

2. The parties shall be prepared to present this case at a hearing on or after 

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, subject to the availability of courtroom facilities. The 

1 Materials filed in the FAA Hearing Docket ("(except for materials which have been sealed) are also 

available for viewing at http://www.regulations.gov. 2 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.jaa.gov/ about/office_ orglheadquarters _offices/ age/pol_ adjudicationlagc400/civil _penalty!; see 

also: http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgiltltext/text-idx? c=ecfr&tpl=lecfrbrowse/Title 14/14tab _ 02.tpl. 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 the Web site. 

3 14 C.F.R. § 13.215 states: "At any time before or during a hearing, an agency attorney may withdraw a 

complaint or party may withdraw a request for a hearing 'without the consent of the administrative law 

judge. If an agency attorney withdraws the complaint or a party withdraws the request for a hearing and the 

answer, the administrative law judge shall dismiss the proceedings under this subpart with prejudice." 

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specific date and time for the hearing will be forthcoming in a separate 

Order4

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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. 

Richard C. Goodwin 

U.S. Administrative Law Judge 

Attachment - Service List 

4 The parties are asked to provide their availability during the months of January and February 2014. The 

court is unavailable February 5-l 0, 2014; respondent is unavailable February 25-28, 2014. 

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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 

Todd C. Emerson, Respondent's Counsel 

Director - Government and Legal Affairs 

SkyWest Airlines, Inc., Respondent 

444 South River Road 

St. George, UT 84 790 

TEL: 435-634-3530 

FAX: 435-634-3505 

Robert Spitzer, Complainant's Counsel 

Attorney, Office of Regional Counsel 

Northwest Mountain Region, ANM-7 

Federal Aviation Administration 

1601 Lind Avenue, S.W. 

Renton, W A 98057 

TEL: 425-227-1417 

FAX: 425-227-1007 

ONE COPY 

The Honorable Richard C. Goodwin, Administrative Law Judge 

Office of Hearings, M-20 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

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

Washington, DC 20590 

TEL: 202-:-366-2139 Attorney-Advisor 

202-366-5121 Staff Assistant 

FAX: 202-366-7536 

FDMS Nos. FAA-2013-

0612, FAA-2012-0292, FAA2013-0293 

(Civil Penalty Action) 

1 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. 

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