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### Jesus Valdez 4135 Broadway San Diego, CA 92102 May 14, 2012 Federal Aviation Administration 

## BOO Independence Avenue, 

### SVV Washington, DC 20591 Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk AGC-430 FAA



### Wilbur Wright Building, Room 2W1 000 Re: Case no. 2012WP090001 Request for Hearing To Whom It May Concern: -+ OMS @001/009



### VIA CERTIFIED MAIL 

# RECEIVED MAY 

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# HEARING DOCKET

I hereby request a hearing regarding the pioposed civil penalty of $7700 in this case. A copy ofthe Final Notice of Proposed Civil Penalty from which I am appealing is enclosed with this requestfor hearing. I still intend to participate in an informal meeting with the FAA in this matter and will continue to communicate with Theodore 

### Byrne, Esq. regarding that meeting and regarding the additional information I submitted to him today via facsimile and U.S. Mail. Sincerely, 

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### cc: Theodore Byrne, Esq. via facsimile and U.S. 

### Mail Megan Chambers, Clients' Rights AQvocate/Attorney Jeffrey Duron, San Diego New Horizons05/31/2012 09:25 FAX 2024935142 FAA + OMS**~** 002/008 

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U.S. Deparlment of TransJ))rtation federal Aviation Administration April 27, 2012**Western~Pacific** Region Office ofthe**~egional** Counsel 

### MAY 

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# HEARING DOCKE'i P.O. Bo:x 92007 Los Angeles, CA 90009·2007

.Telephone: (310) 725-7112

Facsimile: (31 0) 725-6816 

### Case No. 2012WP090001 

### CERTIFIED MAIL- RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED AND 

### REGULAR U.$. MAIL Mr. Jesus Valdez-Pina 

### 4135Broadway San Diego, CA 92102 

### FINAL NOTICE OF 

### PROPOSED CIVIL PENALTY On February 8, 2012, you 

### were advised 

### through a

### Notice ofProposed Civil 

### Penalty that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

### proposed to assess a civil penalty in the amount 

### of $7,700.00. By

### Jetter dated March 7, 2012, Ms. Megan Chambers, your attorney, advised this 

### office that you 

### arc financially 

### unable 

### to pay the 

### proposed civil penalty. On March 14, 2012, a U.S. 

### Department ofJustice 

### Corporate Debtor form (ORD-500) was 

### sent to Ms. Chambers for 

### you to 

### complete and return 

### to this office. As 

### ofthis 

### dati:!, we have 

### notreceived 

### acompleted OBD·500. After considering 

### all the evidence in this matter,it appears that: I. On or about October 9, 2011, at**appr~:ndmately** 12:59 am local 

### time, you deliberately aimed a 

### beam oflight 

### from a laser pointer at a police 

### helicopter 

### (ABLE-3) 

### that was llying near 

### San Diego, California. 2. The 

### beam oflight illuminated 

### the cockpit of

### the helicopter. 3. The 

### beam oflight 

### interfered with tht:.crewmember's performance 

### ofhis duties 

### aboard that 

### aircraft By reason ofthe foregoing circumstances, you 

### violated section 91.11 ofthe 

### Federal Aviation 

### Regulations (Title 14, Code

### ofFederal Regulations), which states 

### that no person may interfere with a 

### crewm.ember in the 

### performance of

### the crcwmernber's dmies aboard 

### an aircraft being 

### operated. Under 

### 49 U.S.C. section 46301 (a)(S)(A), 

### you are subjectto a civil 

### penalty for each ofthe violations noted. As adjusted 

### under I 4 CFRpart 1 3, subpart 

### II, the maximum civil 

### penalty for

. each violation charged is $11,000.00. 

### By reason oftheforegoing 

### facts and 

### circumstances, we propose to assess a civil 

### penalty in the amount of$7,700.00.05/31/2012 09:26 FAX 2024935142 FAA -+ OMS**~** 003/009

Unless you mail orpersonally deliver, in writing, your request for a hearing inthis matter, on or**befo~e** 15 days after you received this Final Notice. we will'issue an Order Assessing Civil Penalty and you will have no further right to a hearing. lfyou 

### do not submit a ...vritten request for 

### ahearing, you must pay the proposed civil penalty. Your request for a hearing mustbe sentto: (1) For U.S. mail or certified mail· Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20591, Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430, Wilbur Wright Building-Room2Wl000; (2)

### for commercial expedited courier 

### (overnight mail)- Federal Aviation Administration, 

### 600 Independence Avenue, 

### SW., Wilbur 

### Wright Building, Suite 2Wl000, Washington, DC 20591, Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, 

### AGC-430; 

### (3) a copyMUST

### be sent to the undersigned FAAattorney 

### in the Oili.cc ofth<:.: Rr::gional Counsel, P.O. Box 92007, 

### Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007. 

### (310) 725- 7112. Your requestmustbe dated and signed, in accordance with Section 13.16 ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations, sentto you withtheNotice ofProposed Civil Penalty (14 C.F.R. 13.16). 

### 2

Youmay

### pay the proposed penalty

### by submitting a certified check ormoney orderpayable to the "Federal Aviation Administration", to FAA/MMAC, AMZa3lO-WPINM, PO Box 25770, Oklahoma City. OK 73125. In the alternative, you may pay your civil penalty with a credit card 

### over the Internet. To pay 

### electronically, visit

### the web site at 

### http://www.pay.gov. Underthe ''Search Public 

### Forms" optionlocated onthe left 

### side oftbe page, type 

### FWP-FINEl and**pre~s** "Go." On the page entitled "Search Public FMms," scroll t() the bottom ofthe 

### page and enter 

### "Next Page." Click on "FAA Civil Penalty Payments- Western-Pacific Region," followtheprompts to complete the requested information 

### and click ••submit'' to payby credit card. Please advise me ofthe date of 

### any pa.ymentmade over the 

### Internet.

cc: Megan Chambers, Esq.