U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF HEARINGS 

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION HE/\RING 

IN THE MATTER OF 

JOHN WALSH Docket No. FAA-2015-0550 

Judge Sullivan 

UNOPPOSED REQUEST TO TERMINATE PROCEEDINGS 

On July 25, 2014, the undersigned served an Order of Assessment on Respondent 

concerning allegations that Respondent had violated the Federal Aviation Regulations while 

Respondent was acting as an airman. 1 On August 14, 2014, Respondent correctly filed an appeal 

of the Order of Assessment with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). On August 

15, 2014, this office inadvertently filed the Complaint in that case with the FAA Civil Penalty 

Hearing Docket Clerk, rather than with the NTSB Office of Judges? By letter dated August 22, 

2014 and Notice served August 28, 2014 (both received by the undersigned on September 2, 

2014), the incorrectly filed Complaint was docketed as FAA-2015-0550, and assigned to the 

Judge. 

The FAA hereby withdraws its inadvertently filed Complaint and requests that the instant 

proceedings be terminated. The Respondent did not file a request for hearing with the Hearing 

1 On the same day, the undersigned also served a Final Notice of Proposed Civil Penalty on Respondent concerning 

allegations that Respondent had violated the Federal Aviation Regulations in a manner that did not involve him 

acting as an airman. Respondent requested a hearing with regards to that Notice, the FAA filed a Complaint, and it 

has been assigned to the Judge as Docket No. FAA-2014-0548. This request does not seek to disturb that case. 2 The undersigned subsequently detected the inadvertent misfiling made during his absence from the office, and filed 

a Complaint with the NTSB, where litigation will proceed concerning the matters raised in the Order of Assessment. 
Docket concerning this matter. The underlying Order at issue in this case concerns allegations of 

actions taken by Respondent while acting as an airman, which fall under the jurisdiction of the 

NTSB, rather than this Court. The particular controversy between the parties at issue in the Order 

of Assessment is not properly before the Judge. 

The undersigned has consulted with Respondent, who concurs in the request that this 

proceeding be terminated. 

rtv--. 

Respectfully submitted this(_\_ day of September, 2014, 

h 

Christopher R. Stevenson 

Attorney 

Office of the Regional Counsel 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing FAA's Unopposed Request to Terminate 

Proceedings has been sent this date by the following methods: 

original and one copy via certified mail: 

Federal Aviation Administration 

800 Independence Avenue, S.W. 

Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 

Wilbur Wright Building- Suite 2WI 000 

Washington, D.C. 20591 

one copy via certified mail and facsimile: 

Stuart A. Goldstein, Esq. 

7300 North Kendall Drive, Suite 380 

Miami, FL 33 I 56 

fax: (305) 400-0685 

Honorable Judge J.E. Sullivan 

Office of Hearings, M-20 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. (El 1-310) 

Washington, DC 20590 

fax: (202) 366-7536 

Legal 

~N~ Assistant 

Office of the Regional Counsel 

ScP 1 0 2014 

Dated