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### 28 SERVED: August 27, 2015 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF HEARINGS

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### IN THE MATTER OF MICHELLE KRAEMER Docket No. FAA-2015-2441 (Civil PenaltyAction)

ANSWERTO COMPLAINT 

### Respondent Michelle Kraemer, bythe undersigned attorneys, pursuant to 14 C.F.R. 

### § 13.209 hereby files her Answer to the FAA's Complaint.

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### Admit. Admit. Admit. Admit. Admit. Admit. 7. Admit. I. FACTS



### 8. Insufficient evidence on which to admit or deny. 9. Admit. 10. Admit. 11. Admit. 12. Admit.

ANSWER 

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### 25 26 27 28 13. Insufficient evidence on which to admit or deny. 14. Admit. 15. Insufficient evidence on which to admit or deny. 16. Insufficient evidence on whichto admit or deny. 17. Insufficient evidence onwhichto admit or deny. 18. Insufficient evidence on whichto admit or deny. 19. Insufficient evidence onwhichto admit or deny. 20. Insufficient evidence onwhichto admit or deny. 21. Insufficient evidence onwhichto admit or deny. 22. Insufficient evidence on whichto admit or deny. 23. Admit. 24. Insufficient evidence on which to admit or deny. 25. Insufficient evidence on whichto admit or deny. 26. Admit. 27. Insufficient evidence onwhichto admit or deny. 28. Admit. 29. Insufficient evidence onwhich to admit or deny. 30. Insufficient evidence on whichto admit or deny. 31. Insufficient evidence onwhichto admit or deny. 

### II. SANCTIONS In its Complaint, Complainant asks for the maximum civil penalty allowedbylaw for

a first-time offense alleged to have been committedby Respondent. Complainant has no evidence that Respondent has ever been in a situation like the one alleged inthe Complaint, because it has none, so the request for the full $11,000 civil penaltyis Draconian, to say the least. Respondent has an alcohol dependency problem for which she is actively pursuing recovery, andthis case is one where the interests of justice wouldbe far better servedby

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### 28 leniency. Respondent lost herjob withRepublic andher life has been turned upside downby this situatio Respondent respectfully requests that the Administrative Law Judge dismiss all the charges alleged against her, or inthe alternative, reduces the civil penalty from the maximum $11,000. Respectfully Submitted, 

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## :J. Cauri.eJt Brian J. Lawler, Esq. PILOT LAW, P.C. 1551 

### 9'h Avenue SanDiego, CA 9210I Telephone: (619) 255-2398 Facsimile: (619) 231-4984 blawler@pilotlawcorp.com Attorneys forRespondent

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### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that the enclosed Answer has been sent viaU.S. Mail and via facsimile to the following: Original and One Copy: Hearing Docket, Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Ave. S.W. Washington, DC 20591 Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk AGC-430 Wilber Wright Building Suite 2Wl000 One Copy (via U.S. Mail and facsimile) Ms. Briana Martino, Esq. FAA Office ofRegional Counsel 2300 E. Devon Ave. (AGL-7, Room 479) Des Plaines, IL 60018 Tel: 847-294-7313 Fax: 847-294-7498 Hon. Richard C. Goodwin Office ofHearings, M-20 U.S. Department ofTransportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE (Ell-310) Washington, D.C. 20590 Tel: 202-366-5121 (Staffassistant) Fax: 202-366-7536 Dated: August 27,2015

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