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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF HEARINGS 

WASHINGTON, DC 

IN THE MATTER OF 

BRICE E. THOMPSON 

FAA DOCKET No. [TO BE ASSIGNED] 

(Civil PenaiVy Action) 

FDMS No. FAA-201I-I119 

ORDER TO RESPONDENT TO SHOW CAUSE 

The Federal Aviaiion Administralion ("Complaiiianr') on March 28, 2012, filed a 

Motion lo Compel ("Motion"). The Motion avers that Complainant's First Set of 

Discovery to Respondent ("Discovery Requests") of January 30, 2012, has failed to 

generate a response. The envelope containing the Discovery Requests, the Motion avers, 

was returned, marked by the U.S. Post Office "unable lo forward." Respondent Brice E. 

Thompson ("Respondent") has, the Motion continues, failed in his obligation to notify 

the Court or the panics of a change of address. Complainant asks that the undersigned 

issue an order compelling Respondent to answer its Discovery Requests no later than 

April 11. 2012, so that Complainant can properly prepare for the hearing, or, failing that, 

that Respondent be subject to sanctions. 

I find that Complainant's Motion is meritorious. 

WHEREFORE, it is ORDERED as follows: 
1. On or before April 11, 2012, Respondent shall file a response to this Order 

stating why the relief requested in Coinplainanl's Motion should not be 

granted; 

2. On or before April 11, 2012, Respondent shall fully and completely 

answer each and every matter propounded in Compiainanl's Discovery 

Requcsis: and 

3. Absent full and complete responses to Ordering paragraphs 1 and 2, 

Respondent may be sanctioned including, but not limited to. allegations in 

the Complaint may be deemed admitted; Respondent may be precluded 

froni introducing any evidence at the hearing other thati his own 

testimony; his Request for Hearing may be dismissed; and/or a Default 

Judgment may be entered against Respondent in the full amount of the 

fine requested by the Complainant in its Complaint. 

Richard C. Goodwin 

U.S. Administrative Law Judge 

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Attachment - Service List 
FDMS No. FAA-2011-1119 

(Civil Penalty Action) 

SERVICE LIST 

ORIGINAL & ONE COPY 

Federal Aviation Administration 

800 Independence Avenue, S.W. 

Washington, DC 20591 

Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 

Wilbur Wright Building—Suite 2W1000' 

ONE COPY 

Brice E. Thompson, RespondenI 

P.O.Box 11632 

Reno, NV 89510 

Lindsay M. Nakamura, Complainafil 's Counsef 

Attorney, Office of the Regional Counsel, AWP-7.11 

Western-Pacific Region 

Federal Aviation Administration 

P.O. Box 92007 

Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007 

TEL: 310-725-7138 

FAX: 310-725-6816 

The Honorable Richard C. Goodwin, Adminisfraiive Law Judge 

OfTice of Hearings, M-20 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. 

Washington, DC 20590 

TEL: 202-366-2139 Attorney-Advisor 

202-366-5121 Legal Assistant 

FAX: 202-366-7536 

' Service was by U.S. Mail. For service in person or by e.\pedilcd courier, use (he following address: Federal 

Aviation Administralion, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W.. Wilbur Wright Building—Suite 2W1000, Washington, 

DC 20591; Allenlion: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430. 

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