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### CERTIFIED MAIL- RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED FederalAviationAdministration 

# RECEIVED JUL f 

## 32012 800 Independence

### Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20591 

# HEARING DOCKET Attn: Hearing

### Docket Clerk, AOC-430 Wilbur Wright 

### Building·- Room 2014 

### ATTN: HEARING DOCKET CLERK Re: In the 

### Matter of Daniel Johnathan Sterling
, Docket No. 20 11EA030050**~** ..


## . . Nor

# :t::NtluU-'. ':1 . . · Enclosed herem please find

## a~py ofa request for hearm!jand the or1gmal and one 

### copy of the FAA's 

### Complaint in the above-entitled action 

### for filing, together 

### with proofofservice 

### upon the Respondent. 

### The FAA requests that the 

### hearing in this matter be 

### held in the Pittsburgh, 

### Pennsylvania area, 

### and expects 

### that the hearing 

### will last one 

### day. Please address an communications for the Federal Aviation Administration 

### to the attention ofLconidTalisman, 

### Office oftheRegional Counsel, 

### 1Aviation Plaza Jamaica, 

### NY 11434. Sincerely, Alfred

### R. Johnson, Jr. Regional Counsel 

### By: 

# LeOnid**T~Iisman·-** Attomey 

### Enclosures



### ,.07/18/2012 17:38 FAX 2024835142 FAA -. OMS


### U.S, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRAl10N 

### OFFICE OF HEARINGS

WASHINGTON, D.C. In the 

### Matter of

### Daniel Johnathan Sterling 201IEA030050 Judge NotAssigned 

### COMPT,AINT**~002/012**



### The Federal Aviation Administration (.FAA), by 

### counsel, 

### hereby files its Complaint, pursuant to Rule 208 oftheRules ofPractice (14 C.P.R. 13.208), and states as folJows: I 

### Respondent, Daniel Johnathan 

### Sterling, was advised through a Final Notice of Proposed Civil 

### Penalty that the FAA proposed to assess a civil penalty in 

### the amount of $1,100. On June 

### 28, 20 

### 12, Respondent submitted a written 

### demand for a hearing. II 1. 

### On or about August 3, 2011, you were on board Continental Airlines Flight 1087 from Houston, Texas to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2. During the course ofthe above-described 

### flight, you smoked while a "No**Smoking~'** 

### sign was lighted and/or 

### while. "No Smoking" placards were ' posted. 3. Specifically, you smoked in an aircrafl,lavatory.07/18/2012 17:38 FAX 2024835142 FAA .- OMS 141003/012



### 4. By reason ofthe above, you failed to comply with the instructions given to

, you by crewmembers regarding compliance with pa,ragraphs 

### (f), (g) and (h) ofSection 1 21.317 ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations. 

### Ill 

### By reason of the foregoing facts and circumstances, Respondent violated the following . section(s) oftheFederal Aviation Regulations;
a. Section 121.317(g), which states that no person may smoke while a "No

, Smoking'' sign is lighted or if"No Smoking"

### placard~ are posted.
b. Section 121.317(h), which states that no person may smoke in an airplane lavatory.

c. Section 12I.317(k), which states that each passenger shall compJy with instructions given to him or her by crewmcmbers regarding compliance with ' paragraphs (f), (g). and (h) ofthis section. 

### IV
1. Pursuantto 49 U.S.C. §4630l(a)(5), Respondent is subjectto a civil penalty not to exceed $11,000 for each ofthe violations alleged.

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2. Under the 1acts and circumstances ofthis case, a civil penalty of $1,100 is appropriate.
WHEREFORE, the FAA, by counsel, respectfully requests that the Administrative Law Judge enter an order that Respondent be assessed a civil penalty 

### in the amount of $1,100. ' Respectfully submitted, Alfred R. Johnson, Jr. Regional Counsel

Federal Aviation Administration 

### 1Aviation Plaza Jamaica, NY 11434 718 553·3403 718 995-5699 NOTE: 

### The Rules ofPractice for this proceeding are setforth in Part 13, Subpart G, of the FederalAviation Regulations (14 

### C.F.R. Part 13). The Rules of Practice provide that Respondent must file a written answer to this Complaint, or a written Motion to Dismiss if appropriate,,not later than 30 days afterthe

### date shown on the Certificate ofService. A general denial is deemed 

### a failure to file an answer (Section 13.209(c)).
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### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICB I hereby certii)r that the 

### foregoing Complaint has 

### been placed this date in the United States mail, postage

### prepaid, by 

### Certified Mail- 

### Return ReceiptRequestedaddressed as follows: 

### Daniel Johnathan Sterling 

### 140 Jamison Lane Monroeville, P A 15146 Federal Aviation 

### Administration (Original and one copy) 800 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20591 Attn: Hearing Docket 

### Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright 

### Bui1ding 

### -Room2014

Date: 

### liP
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### J<i#{Maher . . Management & 

### Program Analyst Federal Aviation Administration 

### Office· ofRegionaJ CounseJ 1Aviation Plaza 

### Jamaica, 

# NY 11434

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

FEDERAL AVIATIONADMINISTRATION 

### OFFICE OF 

### HEARINGS

WASHINGTON, 

### D.C. Inthe MaUer ofDaniel Johnathan Sterling 201IEA030050 Judge Not Assigned COMPLAINT**~008/012**

The Federal Aviation Administration 

### (FAA), by counsel. hereby tiles its Complaint, pursuantto Rule 208 ofthe Rules ofPractice (14 C.F.R. 13.208), and states as follows: 1 Respondent, Daniel Johnathan**Sterling~** was advised through a .Final Notice ofProposed Civil Penalty that the FAAproposed to assess a civil·penalty in the amountof $1,100. On 

### June 28, 20I2, Respondent submitted a written demang for a hearing. 

### II 

### 1. On or about August 3, 2011, you were on board Continental Airlines Flight 1087 from Houston, Texas to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2. During 

### the course of the above-described flight, you smoked while a ''No Smoking,' sign was lighted and/or while "'No Smoking" placards were

r posted. 

### 3. Specifically, you smoked in an aircraft lavatory.07/19/2012 17:40 FAX 2024935142 FAA + OMS**~007/012**



### 4. By reason ofthe above, you failed to comply with the instructions given to

· you by 

### crewmembers regarding compliance with paragraphs (f), 

### (g) and (h) ofSection 121.317 ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations. 

### III By 

### reason of the foregoing facts and circumstances, Respondent violated the following section(s) oftheFederal Aviation Regulations: a. Section 121.317(g), which states that no person may smoke while a "No

,. Smoking" sign is 

### lighted or 

### if"No Smoking" placards. are posted.
b. Section 

### 121.317(h), which states that no person 

### may smoke in 

### an airplane lavatory.

c. 

### Section l21.317(k), which states that each passenger shal1 comply 

### with instructions given to him 

### or her by 

### crewmembers regarding compliance with



### ·· paragraphs (t), (g). 

### and (h) ofthis section. 

## TV
1. 

### Pursuant to 

### 49 U.S.C. §46301(a)(5), Respondent is subjectto 

### a civil penalty not to exceed 

### $11,000 for each ofthe violations alleged.
207/18/2012 17:40 FAX 2024835142 FAA + OMS**~008/012**

2. Under the 

### facts and circumstances ofthis 

### case, a civil penaltyof $1,100 is appropriate.

## WHEREFORE~ the FAA, by counsel, respectfully requests that the Administrative Law Judge enter an order that Respondent be assessed a civil penalty in the amount of $1,100. RespectfuJiy submitted, Alfred R. Johnson, Jr. 

### Regional Counsel

FederalAviation Administration 1AviationPlaza Jamaica, NY 11434 718 553-3403 718 995-5699 

### NOTE: 

### TheRules ofPractice for this proceediDg are set forth in Part 13, Subpart G, of the FederalAviation Regulations (14 C.F.R. Part 13). The Rules of Practice provide that Respondent must file a written answer to this Complaint, or a written Motion to·Dismiss if 

### appropriate,.not later than 30 days after the date 

### shown OD the Certificate 

### ofService. A general denial is deemed a 

### failure to file an aDswer (Section 13.209(e)).

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# RECEIVED JUL 

## 1 32012 

## u.s. DEPARTlVtENT OF**TRANSPORTATIQ~EARING** 

## DOCKET

FEDERAL AVIATION

### ADMINISTRATIO~ OFFICE OF 

### HEARINGS

WASHINGTON, D.C.



## -·---------- In the 

### Matter of

### Daniel Johnathan Sterling2011EA030050 Judge

### Not Assigned



## - . 

### ·--------- NOTICE Of APPEARANCE Complainant, Federal Aviation Administration, hereby notifies 

### the United States Department of Transportation, Otlice of Hearings, and the Respondent, pursuant to 14 C.f'.R. §13.204(b), that it shall be represented 

### in the above-stated action by the 

### following attorney: Leonid Talisman Federal Aviation Administration OJlice of Regional 

### Counsel 1Aviation Plaza Jamaica, 

### NY 11434 Telephone: 718 553-3403 Facsimile: 718 995-5699 All communications, notices, pleadings 

### or documents are respectfully requested 

### to be forwarded 

### as follows: ' Leonid 

### Talisman FederalAviation Administration Office of Regional 

### Counsel 1

### Aviation Plaza Jamaica, NY 1143407/18/2012 17:40 FAX 2024835142

Telephone: 

### Facsimile: RespecUully submitted. 

### Alfred

### R Johnson, Jr. Regional Counsel FAA

718 553-3403 718 995-5699



### By:

# ~~c-6 i'eonid Talisman Dated: 

### Attorney CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE "' OMS**~010/012**

I hereby certify that 

### on this 

### day copies ofthe foregoing Notice ofAppearance were 

### placed in the United States mail, 

### postage prepaid, . Certified Mail
- Return Receipt Requested 

### addressed 

### as follows: Daniel Johnathan Sterling 140 Jamison

### Lane Momoeville. 

### P A 15146 

### Federal Aviation Administration (Original and one 

### copy) 800 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, 

### D.C. 20591 Attn: Hearing 

### Docket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright Building·- Room 2014
Date: ,•4" 

### 6 ti**~** [_ ...



## -------**Jo~** 

### aher Management & Program Analyst Office ofRegional Counsel 1

### Aviation Plaza 

### Jamaica, NY 11434 207/19/2012 17:40 FAX 2024935142 FAA + OMS



### U.S. DEPARTMENT 

### OF TRANSPORTA

### TJON

FEDERAL 

### AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OFFICE 

### OF HEARINGS

WJ\SHINGTON, D.C. 

### In the 

### Matter ofDaniel Johnathan Sterling-· 

### 2011EA030050 Judge NotAssigned 

### NOTICE OF APPEARANCE**~011/012**

Complainant, Federal Aviation Administration, hereby notjfies the United States Department of Transportation, Office of Hearings, and the Respondent, pursuant to 

### 14 C.F.R. §

### 13.204(b), that 

### it sha11 be represented 

### in the above-stated action by the following 

### attomey: Leonid Talisman .Federal Avjation Administration Office 

### of Regional Counsel 1Aviation Plaza Jamaica, 

### NY 11434 Telephone: 718 553-3403 Facsimile: 718 995-5699 

### All communications, notices, pleadings or documents arc respectfully requested to be forwarded as follows: I I ,eonid Talisman Federal Aviation Administration Office of Regional Counsel 1AviationPlaza 

### Jamaica, NY 1143407/19/2012 17:40 FAX 2024935142



### Telephone: Facsimile: 

### Respectfully submitted, Alfred R. Johnson, Jr. Regional Counsel FAA

718 553-3403 718 995-5699

Dy:

# k~'"c6 -leonid Talisman Attorney CERTIFICATE 

### OF SERVICE .- OMS**~012/012**



### 1hereby certify that 

### on this day 

### copies ofthe foregoing 

### Notice ofAppearance 

### were placed 

### in the United States mail, postage prepaid, Certified Mail
- Return Receipt Requested addressed as 

### follows: Daniel Johnathan Sterling 140 JamisonLane Monroeville, PA 15146 Federal Aviation Administration (Original and one copy) 800 

### IndependenceA

### venue, S.W. 

### Washington, D.C. 20591 Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright Building- Room 2014 JUL - 

### 6 . Date:

### ·------- JoanJfahef Management 

### & Program Analyst Oflice ofRegional Counsel 1 A

### '\dation Plaza Jamaica, NY 11434 2