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FEDERAL AVIATION ADJv.IINISTRATION, Complainant,
vs. 

### BRAILLE BATTERY, INC., Respondent. FAADocketNo. [to be assigned] FAA Case No. 201180700298 FDMS No. FAA-201200781

MOTION FOREXTENSION OFTIME TO FILE RESPONSIVE PLEADING

Respondent, 

### BRAILLE BATTERY, INC. (hereinafter "Respondent"), 

### by and through its undersigned counsel, and pursuant to 14 CFR Section 13.213, hereby files its Motion for Extension ofTimeto File a Responsive Pleading (the "'Motion") and in support states as follows: L Onor about June.29, 2012, Respondent filed its request for a hearing. 2. On

### July 10,2012, Petitioner, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (hereinafter "Petitioner"), served the Respondent with a Complaint (the "Complainf'). 3. On or aboutAugust 8, 2012, Respondent filed a motion for extension oftime requesting an additional 

### six:ty (60) days to file an answer or appropriate motion pursuantto 14 CFR Section 13209. Saidmotion requested an extension oftime to October 

### 15, 2012. 4. The undersigned subsequently received an Order entered bythis Court setting forth the deadline ofOctober 25,2012to conduct a Rule 26(f) planning meeting and prepare a jointly written proposed scheduling/discovery plan. The undersigned interpreted and calendared the October 25,2012 deadline as the deadline to file an answer orresponsive pleading.

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5. In atl abundance ofcaution, Respondent is filing this motionto ensure the Respondent's Answeris appropriately filed and considered by the 

### Administrative Law Judge. 6. Petitioner 

### faxed a settlement offerto Respondent on October 12, 2012, and Respondent is considering said offer. 7. Petitioner and Respondent are 

### in settlement discussions) and we believe the parties are optimisticthat a settlement can be achieved. In light ofthe likelihood ofsettlement, 

### granting the requestfor extension 

### oftime 

### is appropriate. 8. Respondent has not filed this Motion for the purpose ofdelay, and Petitionerwill not be prejudiced by the Administrative Law Judge's grant ofthe relief

### requested. WHEREFORE, Respondent respectfully requests the Administrative 

### Law Judge, to 

### the extentrequired, grat;tt an extension oftime to file its response pmsuant to 14 CPR Section 13.209 to the date ofthis motion and the accompanying Answer and for such further reliefas the 

### Administrative Law Judge deemsjust, equitable and proper.



### 2 CHARLES R. FLETCHER, ESQ. Florida Bar No. 0093920 charles.fletcher@gray-robinson.com 

### GRAYROBINSON, P.A. 201 N. Franklin Street, Suite 2200**Tamp~** Florida 33602 

### (813) 273-5000 Fax: (813) 273-5145 Attorneys for Respondent

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been furnished via electronic transmission (Gerald.Ellis@faa.gov) and via U.S. Mail to Gerald A- Ellis, Esq., Office of 

### the Regional Counsel, 

### AS0-7, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 20636, Atlanta, GA 30320 and via facsimile transmission (202-493-5142) and FedEx to the following this onthis 

## t114ia.y ofOctober, 2012: Federal Aviation Administration (original+ 1copy) 600 Independence Avenue, SW Wilbur Wright Building-. Suite 2Wl000 Washington, DC 20591 Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430

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