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### LIS A GAMACHE-WORTMA N FA A DOCKE T No . CP10AL000 5 (Civi l Penalt y Case ) DMSFAA-2010-108 1 

### ORDE RDENYIN GMOTION S FO RDECISIO N AN D ACCEPTIN GANSWER I n respons e t o th e motio n of th e Federa l Aviatio n Administratio n ("Complainant" ) for adecisio n base do n th e failur e o f Responden t

LisaGamache-Wortma n ("Respondent" ) t o fil e a

n Answe r t o th e Complain t

an dth e argumen t

tha t n o genuin e issue s o f fac t existed , I issue dan Orde r t o Sho w Caus e ("Order" ) o n Februar y 9 , 2011 , orderin g Responden t

t o answe r

th e Complain t

an dOrde r

b y adat e certai n o r

ris k sanctions . Responden t

faile dt o respon db y th e dat e named . Complainan t o n Marc h7 , 2011 , file da"Renewe dMotio n for Decision, " essentiall y repeatin g th e argument s mad e i n it s earlie r

motion . Responden t

o n Marc h16 , 201 1 submitte dadocumen t whic hpurport s t o answe r Complainant' s charge s an dt o presen t affirmativ e defenses . In it s submissio n Responden t als o explaine dit s failur e t o fil e timel y answers . I fin dthat Respondent' s submissio n constitute s a n answe r t o th e Complaint . It join s th e issues . Responden t als o ha s demonstrate dgoo dcaus e for failur e t o timel y file . Moreover , Complainan t

ha s no t allege do r

demonstrate dprejudice arisin g fro mth econten t o r timin g of Respondent' s filing . I a mals o mindfu l o f

th e Administrator' s injunctio n that

"[w]heneve r

possible , case s shoul db e dispose dof o n th e merit s afte

r a hearing , rathe r

than summaril y becaus e of aprocedura l defect. " Safet y Equipmen t

an d Sig n Co. , Ltd. , FA A Orde r No . 92-76 , 199 2 FA A Lexi s 28 0 (Decembe r 21 , 1992) , p . 5 , cite din Lorry' s Flyin g Service , FA A Orde r No . 98- 4 (Marc h12 , 1998) . Fo r al l thes e reasons , I wil l accep t Respondent' s submissio n a s it s Answe r t o Complainant' s Complaint . Complainant' s motion s for decisio n ar e denied . S O ORDERED .

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