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Jeffrey M. Harper FAA Office of Regional Counsel 1601 Lind Avenue Southwest Renton, Washington 98057 T (425) 227·2161 F (425) 227-1007 ANM7 PAGE 02/07



### UNITED STATES OF MERICA DEPARTMENT OF TRAN PORTATION WASHINGTON, .C. 

### I Inthe Matter of: Air Medical Resomce Group, Inc. 

### , DMS No. FAA-2014-0551

**~AA** Case No. 2014WP9l0076 Jonorable Richard C. Goodwin



### COMPLAINANT'S INITIAL DIS OVERY REQUEST To Respondent: In accordance with 14 C.F.R 

### § 13.220 and the Federal Rules ofCivil Procedure, please respond to the followi.ng Interrogatories, Requests for reduction ofDocuments, and Request forAdmissions, separately and fully under oa December 6, 2014. These discovery requests are intended to discover info ation and!or documents not only withinyour personal knowledge or obtainable by you, ut also information in the possession ofor obtainable by your attorneys, investigators, repr entatives, employees, agents, or anyone acting on your behalfor on their behalf. TI1ese discovery requests are continuing innature an.d y information which may be discovered by you subsequent to the service and filing fyour answers mustbebrought to the attention ofthe agency attorney through suppleme tal answers when itbecomes available 

### to you, 

### !l1 areasonable time prior to the



## h~g inthis matter. If there are any additions, deletions or changes 

### inthe answers or infoftionprovided at any time prior to the heating Respondent is specifically requested to so · mediately inform the agency attorney. Ifsuch information is not furnished, tbe



## agen~y attomey at the tim.e ofthe hearing will moveto exclude from evidence such informati.onlequested and not furnished. The agency attorney further requests that the Respond· nt produce the documents identified and designated herein for inspection and copying at th Federal Aviation Admin.i.stration11/05/2014 11:19 4252271007 ANM7

(FAA) Offi.ce ofRegional Counsel, Suite 570, 1601 LindAvenue, Southwest, Renton, Washington 98057, by December6, 2014. Privilege If, in responding to, or failing to respond to these Interrogatories, Requests forAdmission and Requests for Production you invoke orrely upon any privilege ofany kind, state specifically the nature ofthe privilege; the basis upon which you invoke, t:ely upon, or claim it, including any statutory or decisional reference .ifapplicable; and identif'y all documents or other infonnation, including contacts and commtmications, whichyou believe to be embraced by the privilege invoked. DATED this 

### 6'b day ofNovernber, 2014. D!gitally sigMd by JEFFREY M liARPER <"1:.:<··---..._...

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Complainant's Initial Discovery

**Ree~uest** In the Matter of Air MeOical Resource Group, lnc. DMS No. F'AA-2014-0551; FAA Case No. 2014WP910076 Page 2 of 6 Jeffrey M. Harper. FAA

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### lolerrogatories Interrogatory No. 1: Identify byname, address, and telephone number all persons whom

### Air Medical Resource Group, Inc. knows to have personal knowledge ofthe matters alleged in the Complaint. Interrogatory No. 2: Identify by title, date, author, presentcustodian, and content, all docum.ents, including correspondence, obtainedbyyouor in your possession, relating to the assertions in the Complaint, your appeal, your answer, and any affirmative defenses which you anticipate raising in this matter. See Request for Production No. 

### J. Interrogatory No.3: Identify byname, address, and telephone number, all persons whom you intendto have testify as a factual. or expert vvitness inyour defense at the hearing in this matter, andfor factual witnesses, provide a detai.Jed summary ofeach person's anticipated testimony. InterrogatoryNo. 4: Identifyby title, date,

**autho~.** present custodian, and content, all documents which you anticipate offering into evidence orusing at the hearing inthis matter, and through whichwitness or witnesses the document will be offered. See Request for ProductionNo.2. Interrogatory No. 5: With respect to eachexpert witness identi.fied inresponse to Interrogatory No.3, specify their specific area ofexpertise and provide a synopsis oftheir credentials, background, training, and experience. InterrogatoryNo.6: With respect to each expert you expectto call as a witness, statethe subjectmatter onwhich the expert is expected to testify, the substance ofthe facts and opinions to whichthe expert is expected to testify, and provide a summary ofthe grounds for each such opinion. InterrogatoryNo. 7: Describe with specificity all facts and evidence youintend to rely upon in support ofany affirmative defenses raised in anyAnswerto the Complaint. SeeRequest for ProductionNo. 3. Interrogatory No. 8: Describe with specificity all ofthe facts which you anticipate presenting 

### in the course ofthe hearing inthis matterpertainingto the avoidance or mitigation ofthe sanction soughtbythe FAA inthis case. See Request for Production No.4. InterrogatoryNo.9: For each allegation inthe Complaintthat is denied-whether outright oras a result ofhaving insufficient information orlmowledge from which to furm a beliefas to the truth ofthe allegation, in whole, orinpart-state with specificity th.e facts that are th.e Complainant's Initial Discovery Request In the Matter ofAir Medicel Resource Group, Inc_ OMS No. FAA·2D:14·0551: FAA Case No. 2014WP910076 Page3 of6 Jeffrey M. Harper, FAA Attorney T (425) 227·2161 F (425) 227-100711/05/2014 11:19 4252271007 ANM7

basis for that denial as well as the inquiries taken to determine that the allegation in the Complaint 

### is not correct See Request for ProductionNo. 

### 5. PAGE 05/07

IntEm"ogatozy No. 10: For any Requests for Admissions that are denied-whether outright or as a result ofhaving insufficient information or knowledge from which to form a beliefas to the truth ofthe allegation, 

### in whole, or in part-statewith specificitythe facts and evidence which arethebasis for that denial as well as the inquiries taken to detennine fuat fue facts in the request for admission are not correct. See Request for Production No.6. Requestsfor Production Request for ProductionNo. l:Provide a copy ofall documents referred to inyour answerto Interrogatory No. 2 Request for Production No. 2: Provide a copy ofall documents referred 

### to in your answer to Interrogatory No. 4. Request for Production No. 

### 3: Provide a copy of

### all documents that support your answer to Interrogatory No. 

### 7. Request for ProductionNo.4: Provide a copy ofall documents that support your answer to Interrogatory No. 8. Request for Production No. 5: Provide a copy ofall documents that support your answer to Interrogatory No. 

### 9. Request for Production No. 6: Provide a copy ofall docuro.ents that support your answer to Interrogatory No. 10. Request

**fo~: P~:oduction**  No. 7: Provide a copy ofall exhibits thatAMRG intends to offer as evidence 

### orwill use during any hearing in 

### this oo.atte.r. Request forProductionNo. 

### 8: Provide all docum.ents documenting, reflecting, memorializing, summarizing, or otherwise referring to 

### orrelated to th.e hire date ofthe following employees, including but not limited to !ntemal Revenue Service Fonn W-4 (Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate), Department ofHomeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Form I-9 (Employment EligibilityVerification),job applications, first pay slip/stub/advice, health benefits election forms, and duty time records for first montl1 ofemployment:
Fabio Aiello Ryan Burgoyne Complainant's Initial Discovery ReCJuest In the Matter of Air Medical Resource Group, Inc. DMS No. FAA-20:1.4-0651; FAA case No. 2014WP910076 Page 4 of 6 David Coyote
Jeffrey M. Harper, FAA Attorney T (425) 227·2161 F (425) 227·100711/05/2014 11:19 4252271007

Jonathan Dabel Jose

**H~mandez** II RobertWhite ANM7

Chris Ewald Carlos Marrero Soto Craig Young. Bryce Frankenberry Douglas Study
Request for Production No. 9: Provide a copy ofAMRG's federal tax returns covering the period calendar year 2012 through calendar year 2014. Requests for Admission PAGE 06/07

Under 14 C.F.R. 

### § l3.220(b) and Rule 36 ofthe Federal Ru1es ofCivil Procedure, you are requested to admitthe trutl1 ofthe following matters. Amatter is admitted unless responded to in areasonable time. The Rules ofPractice in FAA Civil PenaltyActions, 14 C.F.R. 

### § 13.220(d), defines a reasonable time to be 30 days. The agency requests that ananswer be served upon the agency attorney either admitting the matter, specifically denying the Jnatter, stating why the matter cannotbe admitted or denied, or objecting to fue request, with reasons for fu.e objection stated wifuin 30 days ofthe date ofservice upon you, th.ai is, December 6, 2014 Request forAdmission No. 1: Adm.itAMRG has 6 or more aircraft on its air carrier certificate. Request forAdmission No. 2: Admitthat AMRG has 6 or more pilots. Request for Admission No. 3: Adm.i.t AMRG 

### has the financial ability to

**p~y** ilie proposed $12,000 civil penalty.

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### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Ihereby ceytify 1hat the foregoing Complainant's Initial Discovery Request has been served viafacsimile and Certified Mail- Return Receipt Requested this date, to 

### the following:
Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright Building- Suite 2W1 000 Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20591 Fax: (202) 493-5142 I hereby certifY 1hatthe foregoing Complainant's Initial Discovery Request has been served viafacsimUe, Certified Mail- Return ReceiptRequested, and e-mail this date, to 1he following: The Honorable Richard C. Goodwin Office ofHearings, M-20 1200 NewJersey Avenue, 

### S.E. (E11-310) Washington, DC 20590 Fax: (202) 366-7536 richard.goodwin@dot.gov 

### I hereby certify 1hat 1he foregoing Complainant's Initial Discovery Requesthas been served via Certified Mail- Return Receipt Requested, to th.e following: Gregory S. Winton, Esq. The Aviation Law Firm 1997 Annapolis Exchange Parkway, Suite 300 Annapolis, MD 21401 

### Te.l: (301) 294-8550 Fax: (866) 568-9886 greg@aviationlawexperts.com Dated this 61il day ofNovember, 2014

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