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Rt CEIVEL ;!;p,J^MENT OF, ' ' ^ 

. .^il'^iSra^L'^Up!;',. UNITED STATFS OF AMERICA 

..'...!•-.:! •jrLi:;Mhji;j DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AUG I 9 201| 

OFFICE OF HHARJJSIGS 

Jill ,Vju i^l /A I;- 5 1 WASHINGTON, DC 

In ihe MalLcr ol' FAA DOCKET NO CP10NMOOU7 

EMPIFUi AIRLINES, FNC. KAA CAS F NO 2009NM7000o5 

EMPIRE AIKIJNF TNC\S MOTION TO DISMISS 

OR. IN THK ALTERNATIVE. FOR A JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS 

COMES NOW the Rospondein, FMPTRF AIRLINES INC, and respeclfully 

moves this eonrt to dismiss the Complaint filed against it in lhi:> matter, hi support 

thereof, the Respondent submits the following: 

1. The FA/-\ filed its Complaint in tliis matter on or about October 6., 2010. 

2. In the Complyinl. the FAA ninkes mimcrous allegations in the body of the 

Complaint regarding Empire, FedEx, and varioiui shipment^;. 

3. However, the Complaint does not eontaiii any language that actiially alleges 

any violations of the Federal Aviation Regulations by Empire. 

4. The Complaint, in Section III, paragraph 1. lists the sections of the CFR that 

were violated, bui clearly states. "By rea.'^on olThe foregoing facts and 

circumstances, FedEx violated the following sections of the Federnl Aviation 

Rcj^iilaiions..." (emphasis added). 

S I he Complaint further states, in Section III, pLivdi^raph 2, 'FedEx is linhle for 

a civil penalty not to exceed $50,000 for each violation of the Department of 

Transportation Hazardous Materials Regulations.'' (emphasis added). 

6. Whdc the Complaint does, in its prayer at the conclusion, request a civil 

penally against Empire in the amount of $14,500, the Complaint does not 

comply with the requirements of 14 Ch K 13.20Ji(cj, in that it fails to set forth 

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"any regulation allegedly violated hy the respondent, and the proposed civil 

penalty in sufficient detail to provide notice of any factual or legal allegation 

and proposed civil penalty." 

7. Jhe Complaint fails to even allege any vio]a(ion of the regulation?; by Empire 

and therefore, fails to provide .Empire with any notice, or any detail 

whatsoever, of the fiiciual or legal allegations against it. 

WHEREFORE, PKKMISFS CONSIDERED, Empire moves that the case ag,ainst it 

be dismissed. 

Respectfully sttbmitted this 1R^^^ day of August, 2011. 

CynnrirChandlcr-Sncll. Senior Counsel 

Empire Airline,s, Inc. 

3620 Macks Cross Road 

Building B, 3'^ Floor 

Memphis, TN 38125 

001-434-S361 

901-434-8283 fax 

cviithia.ehandler-snelh'tf'icd ex.com 

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CERTIFCAT E OF SERVICE 

I hereby ceitify iliat the foregoing has been .served via FedEx Priority Overnight 

on this I 8"' day nf August, 2011, lo the following: 

The Honorable TCichard C. Goodwin 

Oftlcc of Hearings, M-20 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

East Building Ground Floor. Rm E12-320 

Washington, DC 20590 

202-366-2139 

Federal Aviation /\dministration 

800 Independence Avenue SW 

Wasliiiit;ton,E>C 20591 

Ann. Hearing i:>ocl;ei Clerk AGC-430 

Wilbur Wright Building. Suite 2W1000 

Kyle Lomaxow. FAA Attorney 

FAA Office of Regional Counsel 

1601 Find Ave. SW 

Renton, WA 9X0.57 

CynlhiL\ CharKller-I^neU 

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