Sep.21.2015 08:17 AM Ayers Walter L. Ayers 

### Co-Coun..1·til jbrRe.,pondenl Ayers Law Firm, P,L.L.C. I

### J 12 N. Monroe St., Suite 133 Spokane, 

### WA 99201 15094741998 

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U.S. DI:!PARTMUNT OF TRANSPORTATION 

### OFFICE OF HEARINGS

WASIUNGTON, DC In 'l'he Matter Or: PAGE. 1/ 8

) ) ) ) ) ) Docket No. FAA-2014-01 16 JOSEPH 

### MARIDON, Sit CaseNo. 2012WPI90142 Respondent 

### .Judge 

### .1. E Sullivan RESPONDENT'S SHOW CAUSlt STATEM!!:NT l'lJRSUANTTOORDF.ROF AlJ<aJST :Z9, 2016 AND RI•;SERVATION <WRIGHTS Pursuantto the ALJ's OrderofAugust 29, 

### 2016 Respondenthereby states: 

### l. Counsel 

### f(Jr each party 

### C<lnfcrt•cd at length

**r~gurding** the AL.J's orderof.June 29, 

### 2016, which included inter alia the rcguircmcnt ofiiling a Joint Case Status Report by August 

### 12, 2016. 

### 2. The undersigned, Walter Ayers, Co-Counsel for Respondent, offered to draft the Report and on or ab(JUt July 13, 2016, sent udraft to Counsel tbrthe Complainant tbrreview, 3. At\er someediting and further discussio11s the parties agreed that the Ofll.cc of

### the FAA's Regional Counsel in Runton, W 

### A. would tile 

### tl1e final version ofthe report. 4. The report was due August 12.2016. 

### 5. The staffofthat oJllcc placed the Joint Case StatliS Report in the regular mail on August 10, 2016, us noted on the curtilktlle ol'scrvicuund 1m cnvdope in Respondent's p\)Sscssion postmarkedthe samedate. 6. The undcr8igncd, and Respondent

### received thuir eopics 

### it1 the United

**Stut~:s** Mail on

**A>~gust** 

### 11,2016. 7. The entry on rcgulations.gov indicatesthat it was Hie stamped on August 25, 2016. The Respondent is unable to usccrtuin why this document was tile stamped on that date and not on an carl

### icr dale. 8. Nonetheless, the above 

### rcicrencl.ld filing was filed in compliance with 14 CFR l3.2!0(a)(2) 

### and (b), whivh states; § 

### 13.210Filing 

### ofdocuments.

(a)

**Addrcs~** and method offiling. A person tendering a document fm l:lling shull personally dclivur or mail the

**~;igncd** 

### (lriginal and

**on~** copy ofeach document to th<> Hearing Docket using the appropriate address:Sep.21.2015 08:18AM Ayers 15094741998 PAGE. 2/ 8 (2) lfdelivery is viaU.S. Mail: Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430, Wilbur Wright Building- Suite 2WI000. (h) Date offiling. A document

**~hall** he

**con~idered** to be flied on the date ofpersonal delivery; or ifmailed, the mailing date shown on the certificate ofservice, the date shown on the postmark ifthere is no certificate ofservice, ororher mailing date shown hy other evidence ifthere is no ct\rtificate ofservice orpostmark 9. The Court has direct"d that the deadlines set forth in the orderofAugust 25,2016 arc the date thatthe documents,.,. ._, date stamped received by the Oft1ce of'Hl:larings I0. It should be noted that Respondent subsequently sent documents to the (!caring Docket Clerk On Allgust 16, 2016 Those documents w<;re sent by United States M<til at additional costto Respondent for "SignatureConfirmation" Those documents were signed for two days lat'-lr by "A Carver" (m August 18, 2018 at 12:22 p.m. The tracking sheets from the U. S. Postal Service indicate they were delivered to the other addressees including the Court on August 18, 2016. Exhibit I conf'irms that the IIcuring Docket staffin fact rL-ccivcd them on August I8, 2016. II, It appearH that the .Joint Case Status Report should also have beenreceived within 2 days (on August 12, 2016) and i1le stamped the same day. Exhibit I does not reflect any reason for 

### <I delay between the date the Joint Status Report should have heen

**rec~ivcd** (August 12, 20 16) and August 25, 20 16 the date that it was stamped received, 13 days later. In u telephone conversation on September I9, 2016 at approximately 9:32 a.m. the author of Exhibit I was unable to account for the delay. 12. Tbe Respondent is unable to ascertain why the Hearing Docket Clerk should have received the Joint Case Status RcpMt on August 12, 2016 and date stamped it us received on the same day. That should be the responsibility ofthe Hearing Docket Clerk, andthe FAA/DOT FDMS. 13. This is the second lime that Respondent has lwd probkms with the FAA regarding timeliness issues in this case. Please KCc, Respondents Reply to FAA's Opposition to Motion to Dismiss and Request to find Opposition Timely Filed, filed June 7, 2014. In that instance the FAA also did not fully account lor its fuilure to timely

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**respon~e.** 14, Additionally,

**th~** Change ofAddress for Co-Counsel is not r"'Oectcd in the FDMS. On August 2, 2016, (\}-Counsel for Respondent Joseph R. Maridon, Jr., sent, viaU. S. Mail, a change ofaddress form to the Hearing Docket Clerk. Exhibit 2. He thereafter, did not rece.ive a copy ofthe Order ofAugust29, 2016 and did not receive a copy ofthe same (it should be noted that Co-(\>unsol Waller Ayers sent a change ofaddress five days prior on July 28, 2016 and confirmed that itwas received by the Courton August 3, 2016, 

### it is not reflected on regulations.gov) 15. It should be further noted that On September I, 2016 The Office ofthe FAA's R"gional Counsd in Renton, WA. sentCOMPLAINANT'S SllOW CAUSE STATEMENT PURSUANTTO ORDEROF AUGUST 29,2016 via FEDEXto the undersigned and the Hearing" Docket. It was also fuxcd to the Hearing Docket. Counsel for Rr;;spondent received 

### it on September 2, I016. The lux vorsion is J><>stcd on r<lgulations.gov and file stampedon

**Septembe~** 2, 2016.Sep.21.2015 08:18AM Ayers 15094741998 16. The undersigned has. to dnte, never had any issues receiving correspondence from the Office ofthe [lAA's Regional Counsel in Renton, Washington in a timely fashion whether by U.S. Mail, telephonically orelectronically. PAGE. 3/ 8

17. Respondent is informed and believes that it is the normal procedure for Office ofthe FAA's Regional Counselto 

### fax copies of'all documents Hied with the 

### I !caring DocketClerk, but that was not done in this instance due to administrative oversighl. (It should be noted that while this was a recommended procedure in the Order of'.June 29,2016 it was not required; service by

### U.S. Mail was required) 18. The Respondent's Counsel and the Ollicc 

### of'the FAA's Regional Counsel in Renton, WA, in good faith and fact complied with the OrderofJune 29, 2016. 19. Respondent is unable to ascertain whether any otherDOT![lAA componenthas complied with that order. 

### 20. The

**l~cspondent wi~hcs**  

### to proceed with this Ill

### litter. RESEIWATION OF HWHTS On September 29,2016this case will be 4

**year~** old. The Court has noted that the file in this case is incomplete. Respondent is unable lo ascertain why this is. Rc,;pondent has attempted to insure the record is complete by duplicate tiling. Respondent therefore reserves the rlght to Move to Dismissthis action due to failure to prosecute and laches based on the malfeasance, nonfeasance or mislcasancc ofthe 

### 1 1AA/J)()'I 

### l1

### DMS/ Docket Management Staff, which hllS apparently

**caus~d** the undue delay and confusion lorthe Respondent and the Court in this case. Respondent is prejudiced thereby, Rcspond<.:nl docs not have the resources to independently investigate and verily specifically the failurc(s) within that

**~ystcm** that arc rusponsiblc for the dcl<ty and Htilurc to Hie the documents submitted 

### or upload them into regulations.gov. Respondent further affirmatively 

### socks aid ofthe Courtto ascertain the actual 

### cause ofthe delay inthis case due to the additional costs that have been and will 

### be will 

### be incurred by Respondent. The civil penalty sought in this case is $5.000.00. The costs to the Respondent and the time spent by the FAA aln.:ady far exceedthat amount. Not to mention the emotional toll on Respondent due to the delay. Respondent respectfully suggests that Show Cause statements 

### be r<.:quircd ofthose responsible pcrsonnd in the FAA/DOT rDMR/ Docket

**Manag~m<.>nt** Staffdirecting them to <Jxplain to the court's satisfaction why they <trc unable to determine why there was a 13 delay in tiling lhc Joint Case Status report. Respondent further r<:qucsts that the Com1 consider dismissing this case 

### ifthe reasons given arc

**inade<.Juat~.**



### Resp~y submitte . / .



# ~-t)~-J:::a.~.--------'9o?.&I/Q6 Walter 

### L Ayers Date Attorney at Law

**Co-Cvun.~·(J/** j<.)r R'wpondent Ayers LawFirm, P.L.L.C, 1312 N. Monroe St., Suite 133 Spokane, WA 9920) 

### 81.Josarh R. Maridon, Jr. Mr. Joseph R. Maridon,Jr. Respondw'"ll 's Co- Cvun,\'1// Attorney at Law Muriclon l.aw Firm 50S. .Iones Blvd.,

**Suit~** I02 Las

**Vega~.** NV 89107 Sept. 20,2016 DaleSep.21.2015 08:18 AM Ayers

u.s. Oopartmanl or

**Lran~toporta~on** Federal Aviation Adminiutratlon Oflloe ofAdjudlooflon September 16,2016 

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**Sulliv~n.** Adrninistrutivo Law Judg0 Office ofllearing,, M-20

**Dcp~rtment** ofTransportatio11 12()0 New Jersey Avenue, Sf; (E11"310) Washington, DC 20590 15094741998 PAGE.

600 lndependenco Avo., S,W,, suite 2W1000

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**~** DearJudge Sullivan: l spoke \o Walter Ayers, the attorney representing Josoph Maridon, Sr,, in the 

### above-rctcrencod matter, about four document• that he had liled with the FAA Bearing Dockot, but which do not appear on regulati<;>M.&V.l'· The l'•'AA Hoaring L)(lckct rect•ivod each ofthose documents and forwarded thom to the DOTDocket Management

**Sta~f** for uploading to

**r.~gyJ~tiQ!t'U~Q..'C** as follows: 1. Molton to Dismiss. Rcspomlcn\

**~en\** tho Murion to the FAA He"ring Docket on May 28, 2014. The FAA Hearing Docket received i\ on June 3, 2014, and Sell! a scanned copy ofit by email to the DOTDocketMar,agcmcnt Stall'on June 3, 2014, •nd again on J1tne 11, 2014. 2. Respomlerll 's Reply to FAA '• Oppo.<ltion to Motion to Dismiss andRequest to .1'/nd Opposilio11 Timely Filed. Respondent sent rhe Reply to the PAl\ Hearing Povl<cl on June 30, 2014, The FAA Hearing Docket received it on July 7, 

### ZO \4, and sent " scnnne<l copy of it vin email to the POT Docket Management Stalfou July 8, 2014. 3. Respondmt 's Opposition lu Compiaincml '·'' Motionfor Partial Doci.vion (Summary Judgment), Respondent sent the document to tho fAA Hearing Dockt>t on Octobor 30, 2014, Tho FAA Huaring Oockctrccoiwd it on

**Uctob~r** 30, 2014, and senta scanned copy ofit m the DOT Docket Management Staffon October 3I, 2014. 4, Respond(m/

**~~~·** Second lrfotiorr to

**Dismis~f**j(rf Violation of

**He,~·twndent** 's R.ighls underthe UnUed States Cvmtilulion (Errata With li.<hlbit,l}. Rospond<ltlt sent this d<>cumont to the FilA Heating Docket on January 7, 2015. The FAA Hearing Docket received the document on January 7, 2015, and sent uscanned 

### coJ'.J' ofit to the DUT Docket

**M~nagomeLlt** Staffon January9, 2015. The I' AA Hearing Docket re-sent each of these four documents h\ the DOT Docket Management Stall' today, llach document boars either tho Heating Docket's "received by" date stamp ot the received dnte from the PAA Hearing Docket's FAX machine. 

## EXHIBIT 1 4/ 8Sep.21.2015 08:19 AM Ayers 15094741998

ln addition, tho 11 AA Hct•dng Docket



### rccciv~d • pMkngc O<ltltllirilng additional c<>pies of tho'"' four documents on August 18, 2.016. The FAA Hearing Docket sent a scannt:d copy <>f this group of

**document~** totheDOT Docket Management Stafftoday. Ifyou have any questions about



### th~s~ docurno111.s or need information about other documents that were !il<.>!l in the FAA Hearing Pocket in this case, you may cor!lact me ui202·267-04J5, Sincerely,



# .1}/a;\'/~U-<'e·<•:;h::J Vicki.



# S'~n\C:. Senior Atton1cy. AGC-70 Cc: David F. Sh•ync,

**Hs~.,** l'AA (by U.S. M"il and email) WalterAyers, Esq. (by lJ .S. Mail and umu.il) PAGE.



### EXHIBIT 1 5/ 8Sep.21.2015 08:19 AM Ayers 15094741998

LJ.S DEPi\RTMKNT OFTltANSPORTA'flON OFFICE OF HEARINGS
,J(ISeph R. Marltlon, Sr. Rc9pondcnt Wi\SlllNGTON, DC l)()CKET NO, FAA·l0l4-1Jll6 Cus.- No. 20UWPl9014l Judge .1. };, Sullivan PAGE. 6/ 8



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### d1nngcd. Old Address: 

### J<>seph R. Maridon, 

### Jr. The Marldcm Law Firm 6130 Elton

**Av~,** Las Vegas, Nevadu 89107 Telephone: 

### 702-514-010:! Facsimile: 702-4\Q..(\396 

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### I02 Las Vegas, NV 891()7 DATED: 

### August 2. 2.016 Ntw Adc.lress: .Joseph R. 

### Maridon,Jr. The M11rldon Law Firm 

### 50 S•. Jones Blvd., Suit.- 102 Las

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## th~ t<m:going NOTICF OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS OF 

### RESPONDENT'S CO-COI.INSEL MARIDON bas been ,;erv.:d 

### viti U.S. Mall po5tuge pre·paid on August:.>. 2f'116 

### l<l the 

### follllWing: 

### ORIGINAL & 

### ONE COPY

**Fed~ral** 

### Aviation 

### Administration 800 Independence Avenue, 8.W.

**Wa~hington.** 

### DC 2059I Attention: 

### .Heuring ()ocket Clerk. 

### MK'···l30 Wilbur··

### Wright Huilding·Sllite 

### 2W 1000 ONE COPY 

### Tht: Hooorublc J. 

### E. Sullivan. Administrnlivc L<IW 

### Judg" Office ofHearings, M-20 

### U.8. Dcpartmcm ofTransportation 1200 New Jersey

**1\venu~.** S,E. (1!.11-J 10) Washington, DC 20590 

### David Shaytle.

### Complairuun's

**Couns~l** Oflice ofthe

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**Coun~cl** 

### Federal Aviation Administl'alion Western·Pacific

**R~gion** 1601 

### Lind Ave., SW 

### Renton, WA 9H057 CCVlA I' AX:

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### Walter L. Aycr:; Attorney at Law

**Ayet·~** l,llW Firm. l',[,.L.C'. 

### 1312 Nnrtb Monroe Street 11133 SpokMe, WA Q920I CC VIA Email; WALTER@AYP,RSLAWFIRM.NET

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### EXHIBIT 2Sep.21.2015 08:19 AM Ayers 15094741998 [)ockct No. l'AA·2014-0I 16 (Civil t>cnnlt.y Action)**CERTIFICAH~** 

### OF SERVICE I hereby 

### certity thnt the RESI'ONDI\NT'S SIIOW CAUSE STATl.::MFNT PURSUANT TO ORDl,:I\ 

### OF AlJGlJS'T 29,2016 

### AND RI.•:SFRVATION OF 

### IUCIIITS 

### (with ExhibitH) 

### have been served by 

### placingthe**s<~me** 

### in the U.S. 

### Mail postage pre-paid as 

### well as 

### r.·:xpeditcd Courier (Fl.-:DEX), !.•:-Mail and FAX as noted h<.:low to the**l~Jilowing:** OIHGINAL & ONE COPY VIA Expedited 

### Courier (FEIH;X),**1~-Mnil** and J•'AX 

### Federal Avitttion Administration 600 lndeptmdcncc A v c n u c , S.W, 

### Washington, DC 20591 Allcnlion: llcaringDocket Clct·k. i\OC-430 Wilbur Wright Buitding--SLdtc 2W1 000 

### (CCvia: FAX (202) 267-1293) 

### VIA U.S. M11il Federal Aviation 

### Administrution 800 Independence A

### v c n uc, S.W, 

### Washington, DC 20591 Attention: llenring Docket Clerk, i\GC-430 Wilbur Wright Building--Suite 

### 2W1000 ONE C01'V U. S. MHil11nd J?AX as noted 

### Mr. David F. Shayne 

### Complainant's Couns<'i Fcdo1·al Aviation /\drninistration Offkc ofthe Regkmal**Coun~el** 

### 1601 Lind 

### !\vc. SW 

### Judge .I.E. Sullivan liS .. Administrative Law Jud)';e Office of

### Hearings, M-20 lJ

### .S. Department ufTransportation PAGE. 8/ 8

Renton, W A 98057 TEL: 

### 425-227-2165 1200

### New Jersey 

### Avenue, S..E. (E 11-310) 

### Washington, DC 20590 

### CC via:**~'AX:** 

### 425-227·I007 

### Mr.**Jo~cph** R. 

### Maridon. Jr. 

### Re.1·pmui<ml ·.,. Co- Counsel Attorney at Law 

### Mat·idon I.Atw 

### Firtn 50S. Jones BlvJ., Suite 102 

### Las Vegas. 

### NV 89

### I07 Joseph Maridon. Sr**R~spondent** 9212 H. Frederick 

### Ave Spokane, WA 99206-4303 TEl.: 202-3M-6941 

### CC via: FAX: 202-366-7536