### SERVED: NOVEMBER 12,2010 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF HEARINGS

WASHINGTON, DC
IN THE MATTER OF AIR Z FLYING SERVICE, INC. FAA DOCKET NO. CPIOSWOOIO (Civil Penalty Action) FDMS NO. FAA-2010-0974


### NOTICE OF CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE REGARDING EX PARTE COMMUNICATION FROM RESPONDENT Transmitted herewith is a copy ofa document our office received via fax on November 8, 2010, referencing this case, in which Respondent's Representative asserts that "the hearing docket clerk today
... agreed to give Air Z Flying Service Inc. an extension oftime to November 19th" to answer the complaint in this case. That document does not appear to have \ been filed or to have been served on Complainant and consequently is hereby transmitted to the Hearing Docket Clerk for filing as an ex parte communication intended for thejudge. As we specifically advised the parties on October 26, 20 I0, "The Rules ofPracticer,] 14 C.F.R. §§ 13.201-13.235
... provide, 

### inter alia, that the Respondent must file a written
answer or motion within 30 days after service ofthe complaint (§ 13.209(a));
... and that a party seeldng an extension oftime must fJ.le a written motion at least seven days before the document is due, absent agreement ofthe parties or good cause shown (§ 13.213(a) and 

### (b)).,,1 Although "[t]he parties may agree to extend for a reasonable period the time for filing a document,,,2 the Hearing Docket Clerk is not a party and thus cannot agree either to an extension or to a late filing

I Order ofChiefAdministrative Law Judge Establishing Procedures at 1. 2 14 C.F.R. § 13.213(a) (2010).ofa motion for extension. 3 Extensions oftime may be granted onlybythe administrative law judge and only after "[tJhe party seeking the extension oftime" either submits "a draft order to the administrative lawjudge to be signed by the administrative lawjudge," ifthe parties**or~lly** agree to an extension,4 or files and serves on each party a written motion showing good cause for
an extension oftime, ifthe parties do not agree to the extension. 5 These and other matters will be considered in a prehearing conference which will be held before any hearing in this matter.

2 Attachments: Respondent's Document Service List

3 See § 13.213(a) & (b). 4 § 13.213(a). 5 § 13.213(b). 

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# ---UPDATED SERVICE LIST FAA Docket No. CP10SWOOlO (Civil Penalty Action)

ORIGINAL & ONE COPY (VIA FAX AND U.S. MAIL) Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20591 Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright Building-Suite 2W1 0006 ONE COPY (VIA FAX AND U.S. MAIL) Laurence E. Rohl, Respondent's Representative President/Director ofOperations,

Air Z Flying Service, Inc., Respondent 355 Richmond Rd., Hangar 5 Richmond Heights, OH 44143 TEL: 440-725-3043 FAX: 216-261-2993 Agnes M. Rodriguez, Complainant's Counsel Enforcement Division, AGC-300 Officeofthe ChiefCounsel Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20591 TEL: 202-267-7268 FAX: 202-267-5106 The Honorable Ronnie 

### A. Yoder,

Chief Administrative LawJudge U.S. Department ofTransportation Office ofHearings, M-20, Room E12-320 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. Washington, DC 20590 TEL: 202-366-2142 FAX: 202-366-7536

6 Service was by U.S. Mail. For service inperson orby expedited courier, use the following address: Federal Aviation Administration, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Wilbur Wright Building-Suite 2WIOOO, Washington, DC 20591; Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430. 

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