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DAVID f. SHAYNE 

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ANM7 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF HEARINGS 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

ln the Matter of: 

William A. Curtright 

Docket No. FAA-2015-1319 

FAA Case No. 2014NM090046 

Judge J. E. Sullivan 

COMPLAINANT'S RESPONSE TO RESPONDENT'S MOl'ION FOR SUMMARY 

.JUDGMENT 

Respondent filed a Motion for Summary Judgment pursuant to FRCP 56. I For the 

reasons stated below, the motion should be clenkd. 

A Motion for Decision pursuant to§ 13.2!8(£)(2) is, for all intents and purposes, the 

saw.e as a Motion for Summary Judgment under FRCP 56 ~md is reviewed under the same 

standard. In Re the Matter of Scott McDougall, Doc. CP89EA0316 at 4 (l990). All inferences 

in the evidence must be drawn in favor of the non-moving party. If the court determines that 

the non-moving party demonstrates, through putatively admissible evidence that some genuine 

dispute of fact exists, then the motion should be denied. Id.. 

Respondent raised in his earlier motions the sam.e arguments, other than as to sanction, 

raised in tlus motion. Tbis tribunal addressed those arguments in the ALJ's Order Denying 

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FAA v. W~lliam A Curtright 

Docket No_ F AA-2015-1319 

FAA Case No. 2014NM0900~6 

P•.ge I o:f3 

DAVID F. SHAYNE, FAA ATTORNEY 

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The Respondent's Motion to Dismiss and Granting/Denying Otl1er Relief of May 20, 2016. 

Complainant hereby incorporates that Order by references, particularly the discussion of the 

effect of Respondent's tardy compliance on pages three and four. This motion should be denied 

for the same reasons. 

All of Respondent's remaining arguments are irrelevant to the Complainant's burden of 

proof in this matter, including his arguments regarding th.e Administrator's authority to in1pose 

a sanction of $11,000. Nonetheless, Complainant responds to clarifY that the applicable 

statutory authority is set forth in 49 U.S.C. § 46301(a)(5)(A), and applied via FAA Order 

2150.3B (See Appendi;x B, page 8), and applies a maximum sanction for each violation of 

II ,000 for any individual subject to FAA regulations, other than "an cinnan serving as an 

airman." TnRe WallaesaFAA Order No. 2013-2 (2013). 

For the reasons stated above, Respondent's Motion for Summary .Judgment should be 

denied. 

Respectfully submitted this November 3, 20 l6. 

_.-.., 

DA~YNE S2 

FAA Attorney 

1 The applicable rule is actually 14 CfR.2J S(f)(S) entitled "Motion for a Decision" but the analysis is identical. 

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FAA v. William A. Curttign1 

Docket No. FAA-2015·1319 

FAA Case No. ~Ol4NM090046 

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DA""' F. SJ<A """"'·FAA ATTO~NllY 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that the foregoing COMPLAINANT'S RESPONSE TO RESPONDENT'S 

MOTION FOR SUMMARY WDGMENT has been served this date, to the following: 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 

Wilbur Wright Building, Suite 2W1000 

800 Independence Ave., S.W. 

Washington, DC 20591 

Fax 202-267-1293 

(facsimile and Certified Mail- Return Receipt Requested) 

William A. Curtright 

P .0. Box 1350 

Jefferson, OR 97352 

(First Class Mail, and Certified Mail - Return Receipt Requested) 

Honorable J.E. Suilivan 

Office of Hearings, M-20 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. 

East Bldg., Ground Floor, Room Ell-31 0 

Washington, D.C. 20590 

Fax: 202-366-7536 

(facsimile and Certified Mail -Return. Receipt Requested) 

Dated: NOV 0 3 l016 

Legal 

JffK e .. La;; 

Technician 

~b~~ Office of the Chief Counsel 

Enforcement Division- Western Team 

Renton, WA 

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Docket No. FAA.-2015-1319 

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DAVID F. SHAVN!t,FAA ATI'CR1<!1Y 

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Federal Aviation 

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Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430, and Judge Office of the Regional Counsel, ANM-7 

To: J.E. Sullivan. 1601 Lind Ave., SW. 

Phone: 

Fax: (202) 267-1293, 202-366·7536. 

From: David Shayne 

Title: FAA Attorney, ANM-7 

November 3, 2016 

Date: 

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