SERVED: March 19,2015 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF HEARINGS 

WASHINGTON, DC 

IN THE MATTER OF 

JOSEPH TERRELL BROWN 

FAA DOCKET NO. [TO BE ASSIGNED] 

(Civil Penalty Action) 

FDMS NO. FAA 2014 - 0690 

ORDER ENTERING DEFAULT JUDGMENT AGAINST RESPONDENT 

The Federal A vi at ion Administration (hereinafter "FAA") filed a Complaint dated 

October 7, 2014. Joseph T. Brown, (hereinafter "Respondent") filed a Request for 

Hearing, by and through his mother Aheesah Cleveland, dated September 23, 2014. We 

served our Procedural Order on November 24, 2014. 

On November 18,2014, the FAA filed a Motion to Deem Allegations Admitted 

and to Issue Order Assessing Civil Penalty. 

Respondent has failed to file an Answer to the Complaint; has failed to tile a 

response to our Procedural Order and has failed to respond to the FAA· S Motion to 

Deem Allegations Admitted and to Issue Order Assessing Civil Penalty. 

On February II, 2015 we issued an Order to Show cause directing Respondent to: 

l. On or before March 6, 2015, Respondent shall file a response to 

this Order stating why the relief requested in the FAA's Motion should not be 

granted; and 

2. On or before March 6, 2015, Respondent shall answer the 

Complaint; and 

3. On or before March 6, 2015, Respondent shall fully comply with 

our Procedural Order; and 

In our Order to Show Cause we stated: 

Absent full and complete responses to paragraphs I, 2 and 3 hereinabove, 

Respondent may be sanctioned including, but not limited to, allegations in the 
Complaint may be deemed admitted; and/or Respondent may be precluded from 

introducing any evidence at the hearing other than his own testimony; and/or 

Respondent's Request for Hearing may be dismissed; and/or a Default Judgment 

may be entered against Respondent in the full amount ofthe tine requested by the 

Agency in its Complaint. 

Respondent has failed to respond to our Order to Show Cause. 

WHEREFORE, the FAA's Motion for Order Assessing Civil Penalty having been 

read and considered, it is ORDERED as follows: 

1. Respondent's Request for Hearing be and is hereby DISMISSED with 

prejudice; 

2. Respondent be and is hereby DEEMED to have admitted to' all of the 

allegations in Complainant's Complaint; 

3. Judgment be and is hereby ENTERED as civil penalty in the amount of$7,700 

against Respondent as requested in the FAA's Complaint. 

Richard C. Goodwin 

U.S. Administrative Law Judge 

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SERVICE LIST- BY U.S. MAIL 

ORIGINAL & ONE COPY 

Federal Aviation Administration 

800 Independence Avenue, S.W. 

Washington, DC 20591 

Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 

Wilbur Wright Building-Suite 2WI0001 

Joseph Terrell Brown, Respondent 

33 70 Adriatic A venue #2A 

Long Beach, CA 9081 0 

TEL: 562-338-4553 (cell) 

FAX: 562-208-3793 (home) 

ONE COPY 

Aneesah Cleveland, Respondent's Representative 

3370 Adriatic Avenue #2A 

Long Beach, CA 9081 0 

TEL: 562-338-4553 (cell) 

562-208-3793 (home) 

Lierre Green, Complainant's Counsel 

Office of the Regional Counsel, APW-7.6 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Western-Pacific Region 

P.O. Box 92007 

Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007 

TEL: 310-725-7117 

FAX: 310-725-6816 

The Honorable Richard C. Goodwin, Administrative Law Judge 

Office of Hearings, M-20 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S. E. ( E 11-31 0) 

Washington, DC 20590 

TEL: 202-366-5121 Staff Assistant 

FAX: 202-366-7536 

Docket No. F AA-20 14-0690 

(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 2W 1000, Washington, 

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

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