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FED121UL EXP.RESS, INC. 

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FAA Case No. 2008NM700208 

DMS No. FAA-2010-0792 

Judge Goodwin 

COMPLAINANT'S INITIAL DISCOVERY REQUEST 

To: Respondent 

]n accordiincc wilh 14 CFR Seelioiis 13.220 and ihc Icdcral Rules of Civil Procedure, 

please respond to the following Inicrrogdiorics, Rctiucsts lor Production of DocumenLs, and 

Request for Admissions, separately and fully under oath by November 26, 2010. 

These discovery requests are intended to discover inlbrmation and/or documents not only 

within your personal knowledge or obtainable by you, but also information in the possession of or 

obtainable by your attorneys, investigators, representatives, employees, agents, or anyone acting on 

your behalf or on their behalf. 

These discoveiy requests are conlin'-::ng in narure and a;iy infomiation wliidi may be 

discovered by you subsequent to the service and tiling of your answers must be brought to tlic 

attention of tlie agency attorney through supplemental answers when it becomes available lo you, at 

a reasonable time prior to the hearing in this matter. If there are any additions, deletions or changes 

in the answers or infonnation provided at any lime prior to heai'ing the Respondent is specifically 

requested to so immediately inform the agency anomcy. If such mformation is not lumishcd, the 

agency attorney at the time of tlie Jiearing will move to exclude from evidence such information 

requesitfd and not liirnishcd. 

The agency attorney fuinhcr requests that the Respondent produce the documents identified 

and designated herein for in.spection and copying at the FAA Olllcc of Regional Coun.sel, Suite 

.570, 1601 Lind Avenue, SVV, Renton, Washington 98057, by November 26, 2010. 

Complainant's tnitirtl I^iscovery Request 

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PRIVILEGE 

If in re.sponding to, or failing to respond to these interrogatories, requests for admission and 

requests for production you invoke or rely upon any privilege of any kind, state specifically ihc 

naiLiic of tlie privilege; the basis upon which yoti invoke, rely upon or cJaim it, including ajiy 

statutory or decisional reference; <md identify all documents or other inlbrmation, including 

contacts and corm-nunications which you believe to be embraced by the privilege invoked. 

DATED this 27th daiy of October 2010, 

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SCOTT R. MOI^US 

FAA Attorney 

Compl.iinaiii".s Initial Discovery Request SCOTT R, MORHIS. FAA ATTOHNIVY 

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IKTERROGATORIES AND REOUESTS FOR PRODUCTION 

Interrogatory No. 1: Identify by name, address and telephone number all persons whom you know 

to have persona! knowledge of the matters alleged in the Complaint 

fnterroRatory No. 2: Idcniily by title, date, author, present cusiodian, and content, all documents, 

including correspondence, obtained by you or in your possession, relating to the assertions in the 

Complaint, your appeal, your answer, and any afifirmativc defenses which you anticipate raising in 

this mailer. 

REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 1: Provide a copy of all documents rcfeixcd to in your 

answer to the preceding interrogatory. 

Interrogatory No. 3: Identify by name, address and telephone number, all persons whom you intend 

to have testify as a factuiU or expert wimess in your defense at the hearing in these matter, and for 

factual witnesses, provide a detailed summary of each persons anticipated testimony. 

interrogatory No. 4: Identify by title, date, a.uthor, present custodian, and content, all documents 

which you anticipate oiTcring into evidence at the hearing in this matter, ar\d thiough wliich wiuiess 

or witnesses. 

REQUEST I'OR PRODUC'I'lON NO. 2: Provide a copy of ail docujnents referred to in your 

answer lo the preceding interrogatory. 

Interrogatory No. 5: With respect to each expert witness idcntilied in response lo Interrogatory No. 

.3, above, specify their specific area of expertise, and provide a synopsis of their credentials, 

backgroimd, training and experience. 

Inlerrogatorv No. 6: With respect to each expert you expect to call as a witness, state the subject 

matter on which the expert is expected to tcstilV, and state the substance of the facts ajid opinions to 

which the expert is expected to testify, and a summary of the groimds for each such opinion. 

IntciTOCatorv No. 7: State by name, address, telephone number, date of conversation, and substance 

of conversation, all persons [other than legal counsel or spouse] with whom you have discussed the 

matters alleged in the complaint. 

Intcirouatoi'v No. H: Describe with .specificity all of the fads which you anticipate presenting in tlie 

course of the hearing in tliis matter pertaining to tiie avoidance or mitigation of the sanction sought 

by the FAJ\ in this ease. 

IntcrronatotY No. 9: Describe with specificity all of the documents you anticipate presenting in the 

course oi" the hearing in this matter to substantiate any financial inability to pay the proposed 

sanction sought by the FAA in this case. 

REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 3: Provide a copy of all Exhibits ihat you will present 

luring tlie heaiing in this matter. 

Inienogatory No. 1.0: Describe with specificity what Jacls or evidence you rely upon in suiipon of 

the affirmative defenses raised in any Answer to the Complaint that "tlie Complaint fails to state a 

claim warranting the proposed penalty." 

Cumpliiiiiaiu'.<; liikial Discovery Request Soorr R. MORRIS, FAA A rroriNl-Y 

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POIQUEST FOR ADMISSIONS 

Under 14 C.F.R. 1.3.220(b) and Rule 36 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, you tire requested 

to admit the truth of the following matters. A mailer is admitted unless responded to in a 

reasonable time. Ihc Rules of Practice in FAA Civil Penally Aefions, 14 C.F.R. 13.220(d), dellnes 

a reasonable time to be 30 days, 'Hie agency requests that an answer is served upon the agency 

attorney either admitting the matter, specifically denying the matter, stating why the matter cannot 

be admitted or denied, or objecting lo the request, with reasons for the objection stated within 30 

days of the date of service upon you, to wit: November 26,2010. 

REQUEST FOR ADMISSION NO 1: Admit I'ederaJ Express is considered a Group 1 air carrier 

for purposes (J('the Administrator'.s Sanction Guidance_in FAA Order 2150.3B, Appendix C 

REQUEST FOR ADMISSION NO 2: Admit that Federal Express has the financial ability to pay 

the proposed civil penalty. 

REQUEST FOR ADMISSION NO-3: Admit that the Administrator's sanction guidance for a 

Group 1 a].r carrier for Notice to Pilot in Command violations is $5,000 - $ 16,200 per violation. 

REQUEST FOR ADMISSION NO. 4: Admit that the Administrator's sanction guidance lor a 

(jroup I air carrier for improper acceptance (49 C.F.R. 175.30(a)) violations is $5,000 - $32,500 per 

violation. 

REQUEST FOR ADMISSION NO. 5: Admit that Complaint contains twenty-nine (29) separate 

NOPIC violations. 

REQUEST FOR ADMISSION NO. 6: Admit that the Complaint contains nine (9) separate 

improper acceptance violations. 

REQUES T FOR ADMISSION NO. 7: Admit that, in the five years preceding the violations 

contained in the Complaint, Federal Expre.ss had nineteen (19) civil penalties assessed against it for 

vioiaDons relating to acceptance and transport ol"l>;i7,ardou5 material in air commerce. 

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response to interrogatory 10, 

Intenrogatory No. 11: In many of its admitted Answers, Respondent adds the grattiitous .statement 

'it is denied that such a discrepancy impacted the safe transport of the shipment," Describe with 

specificitj/f how the failure to provide the pilot with correct information in the NOPIC docs not 

adversely impact safety. 

REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 5: Provide a copy of all documents that support your 

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CHR'UFICA ! b OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Complainant's initial Discoveiy Request has been served via 

facsimile and eertiiied miul - Return Receipt Requested this date, to the following: 

The Honorable Richard C. Goodwin 

Office of hearings, M-20 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. 

East Building Ground Floor, Rm El 2-320 

Washington, D.C. 20590 

TEL: 202.366.2139 

FAX: 202,366.7536 

Federal Aviation Administration 

800 Indepcndcnec Avenue SW 

Washington, D.C 20591 

Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 

Wilbur Wright Building - Suite 2 W1000 

FAX: 202.493.5020 

Cynthia Chandler-Snell 

Federal Express Corporation 

3620 Hacks Cross Road 

,rd Building B, 3 Floor 

Memphis, TN 3812 

TEL: 901.434.8361 

FAX: 901.434,8283 

Dated this 27th day of October, 2010 

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Office of Regional Counsel (ANM-7) 

Federal Aviaiion Administration 

1601 Lind Ave. SW 

Ronton, WA 98057 

425.227.2160 

("omplainant's Initiiil Disw^ery Request 

In (he Maircr of hcdcral Kxprcss - CP1ONMOOOK 

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