### In The Matter Of: MIAMI.TECH 

## SERVED: OCTOBER 24, 2014 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF HEARINGS WASHINGTON, DC

Docket No. FAA-2014-0682 AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE, INC. ) 

### ) ) ) 

### ) ) Case No. 2010S0190295 Respondent

ORDER SETTING RULE 16 LITIGATION SCHEDULING CONFERENCE AND DIRECTING.RULE 26(t) PLANNING AND SUBMISSION 1) Rule 16 Litigation Scheduling Conference: Pursuant to 14 C.P.R.§ 13.205(a)(l) and (7) and Civ. R. 16, the parties shall appearby telephone on 

### Thursday, January 15, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time for a Rule 16 Litigation Scheduling Conference. During this Conference the parties will discuss the issues in the dispute, theirjointly submitted proposed scheduling/discovery plan (see paragraph 2 infra) and respond to any questions regarding disagreements not resolved inthe proposed plan. During the Conference a final scheduling/discovery plan will be ruled upon, as well as any otherrelated matters pursuant to Rule 16(c). The parties shall access the Conference by dialing 202-493-2343

.. 2) Parties' Rule 26(f) Planning Meeting and Submission ofProposed Discovery Plan: Pursuant to 14 C.P.R. 

### § 13.217 and Civ. R. 26(f),

### prior to convening withthe Judge for the Rule 16 Litigation Scheduling Conference, the parties shall privately conduct a Rule 26(f) planning meeting and prepare ajointlywritten proposed scheduling/ discovery plan, which must be completed and filed with the undersigned Judge on orbefore 

### Thursday, January 8, 

### 2015 (i.e. at least seven (7) calendar days before the Conference). The attorneys ofrecord and all unrepresented parties arejointly responsible for arranging the Rule 26(f) conference, and for attempting in good faith to agree onthe proposed discovery plan.

### The parties' Ru1e 26(f) 

### planning meeting shall include a good faith discussion about the

·nature and basis of each party's claims, the possibility ofresolving all or part ofthe case, the scope and type ofdiscovery (including electronic discovery) and the place ofvenue for hearing. During this meeting, the parties shall discuss matters identified in 14 

### C.F.R. 

### § 13.217 

### and Ru1e 26(f)(2) 

### and (3) as part ofdeveloping theirproposed schedu1ing/discovery plan. The parties' planning meeting should also include discussion about the sequence and timing offollow-up discovery, including whether that discovery should be conducted inphases to prepare for any filing ofparticular motions (e.g., limiting scope oftrial, 

### dispositive motions, etc). The deadlines inthe parties' proposed scheduling/discovery plan shouldbe mutually agreeable, with a view to achieving case resolution with aminimum ofexpense and delay. Any unresolved scheduling/discovery disputes should be clearly identified in the proposed plan, so that these disputes may be addressed by the Judge during the Rule 16 

### Litigation Schedu1ing Conference. In addition to filing the proposed scheduling/discovery plan by regular mail filing withthe Federal Aviation Administration Hearing Docket Clerk, the parties shall file a working copy of the scheduling/discovery plan with the undersigned Judge at the Office ofHearings by fax, express carrier, orpersonal delivery. 

### The certificate ofservice should reflect the manner of serv1ce.
3) Conflicts with Ru1e 16 

### Litigation Scheduling Conference Date: Ifa party has an unavoidable conflictwith the Schedu1ed Rule 16 

### Litigation Schedu1ing Conference set in paragraph 1supra, 

### and wishes to modify the date/time ofthe schedu1ed Conference, the party shall first confer with opposing counsel about mutually agreeable alternate dates, 

### and then contact Mr. Cody L. 

### Smith, Attorney-Advisor at the Office of Hearings (202-366-6941) 

### as soon as possible after the receipt ofthis Order, with at least three (3) mutually-agreed, proposed alternate dates/times 

### for the Judge's consideration.

Judge J.E. Sullivan U.S. Administrative Law Judge Attachment: Service List

Page 2 of 2DocketNo. FAA-2014-0682 (Civil Penalty Action) SERVICE LIST- BY

### U.S. MAIL ORIGINAL & ONE COPY Federal AviationAdministration 800 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20591 Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur WrightBuilding-Suite 2W10001



### Mr. William Vines Complainant's Counsel Federal AviationAdministration Office ofthe Regional Counsel, AS0-7 SouthernRegion 1701 ColumbiaAvenue College Park, GA 30337 TEL: 404-305-5200 FAX: 404-305-5223 Miami TechAircraft Maintenance, Inc. Respondent c/o AmasvidoRodriguez, CEO 5200 NW 36th Street Building 862 Miami, FL 33166 

### Mr. Juan

### R. Serrano Respondent's Counsel Griffin & Serrano, P

### .A. Blackstone Building, Sixth Floor 707 Southeast 3rd Avenue FortLauderdale, FL 3 3316 TEL: 954-462-4002 FAX: 954-462-4009 Judge J.E. Sullivan U.S. AdministrativeLawJudge Office ofHearings, M-20 U.S. Department ofTransportation 1200 NewJersey Avenue, S.E. (Ell-310) Washington, DC 20590 TEL: 202-366-6941 FAX: 202-366-7536 ONE COPY

Miami Tech Aircraft Maintenance, Inc. Respondent c/o Amasvido Rodriguez, CEO P.O. Box 520657 Miami, FL 33152-0657

1 Service was by U.S. Mail. For service inperson orby expedited cotiiier, use the following address: Federal Aviation Administration, 600 IndependenceAvenue, S.W., Wilbur WrightBuilding-Suite2Wl000, Washington, DC 20591; Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430.