U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF HEARINGS 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

In the Matter of Hortman Aviation Services, Inc. 

Docket No. FAA-2016-0635 

Case No. 201 OEA170043 

Administrative Law Judge J.E. Sullivan 

AGENCY'S REQUEST FOR 15-DA Y EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE A 

DEFAULT MOTION 

The Agency requests a 15-day extension of time to file a default motion, based on 

the following: 

1. By Order of the Administrative Law Judge served on December 4, 2015, 

Hortman Aviation Services, Inc. (Respondent), was ordered to submit a 

written explanation by December 31, 2015 stating the reason(s) it failed to 

appear for the Rule 16 Litigation Scheduling Conference on December 3, 

2015 and was advised that its failure to provide such a an explanation could 

be deemed an abandonment of its Request for Hearing. Respondent was also 

ordered to submit an updated contact list by December 31, 2015 and was 

advised that its failure to submit such a contact list could be deemed an 

abandonment of its Request for Hearing. 

2. By the same Order, the Agency was given until December 31, 2015 to file a 

Motion for Default. 
3. In the event, however, that Respondent does not submit the required 

explanation and contact list before December 31, 2015, the Agency will not 

be in the position to know if Respondent's submissions will be filed on 

December 31, 2015. Therefore, if the Agency chooses to file a Motion for 

Default by December 31, 2015, it would be doing so without all the relevant 

information necessary for such a motion, including whether and how 

Respondent responded to the December 4, 2015 Order. 

4. If the Agency were given a 15-day extension, until January 15, 2016, to file a 

Motion for Default, it will have had sufficient time to formulate a response 

based on all the relevant information, including the responsiveness (or nonresponsiveness) of Respondent to the December 4, 2015 Order. 

WHEREFORE the Agency requests that it be allowed a 15-day extension, until 

January 15, 2016, to file a motion for default. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Peter J. Lynch 

Assistant Chief Counsel 

for Enforcement 

By Zoo2A~ Attorney 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of the Chief Counsel 

Enforcement Division, Northeast Team 

1 Aviation Plaza 

Jamaica, NY 11434 

T: 718-553-3258 

F: 718-995-5699 

E: Zachary.Berman@FAA.GOV 

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Dated: December 11,2015 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certifY that on this day copies of the foregoing Agency's Request for ISDay Extension of Time to File a Motion for Default were sent first class mail and fax 

as follows: 

Judge J. E. Sullivan 

U.S. Administrative Law Judge 

Office of Hearings, M-20 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

I200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. (Ell-3IO) 

Washington, DC 20S90 

FAX: 202-366-7S36 

Mr. H.M. Hortman, President 

Hortman Aviation Services, Inc. 

9800 Ashton Road 

Philadelphia, P A I9II4 

FAX: 2IS-677-6408 

I hereby certifY that on this day copies of the foregoing Agency's Request for ISDay Extension of Time to File a Motion for Default were sent first class mail as 

follows: 

Federal Aviation Administration 

800 Independence Avenue, S.W. 

Washington, DC 20S91 

Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 

Wilbur Wright Building~ Suite 2WIOOO 

Date: December 11, 201S 

Paralegal Specialist 

Federal Aviation Administration 

I Aviation Plaza 

Jamaica, NY II434 

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