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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF HEARINGS 

WASHINGTON, DC 

HEARING 

IN THE MATTER OF 

KYLE PONSFORD 

FAA DOCKET NO. CP09AL0007 

(Civil Penalty Case) 

DMS FAA-2009-0729 

June 29, 2010 

^eAR/NG DOCKST 

9:15 a.m. 

Hurff A. Sunders Federal Building 

Room 979 

709 West 9th Street 

Juneau, Alaska 99801 

Before: 

HONORABLE RICHARD GOODWIN 

Administrative Law Judge 

(202) 234-4433 

NEAL R. GROSS 

COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 

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For the Complainant: 

Glenn H. Brown, ESQ. 

Office of the Regional Counsel, AAL-1 

Federal Aviation Administration 

222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14 

Anchorage, AK 99513 

TEL: 907-271-5269 

For the Respondent 

NO APPEARANCE 

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JUDGE GOODWIN: Lets's go on the 

record. This is the case of the Federal 

Aviation Administration in the matter of Kyle 

Ponsford, DMS No. 2009-0729. 

Counsel, do you want to identify 

yourself for record, please. 

MR. BROWN: I'm sorry. Your Honor? 

JUDGE GOODWIN: Counsel, do you 

want to identify yourself for the record? 

MR. BROWN: Yes. Glenn H. Brown, 

Office of the Regional Counsel, Alaskan 

Region, FAA, 222 West 7th Avenue, No. 14, 

Anchorage, Alaska 99513. 

JUDGE GOODWIN: We are in Juneau, 

Alaska on hearing requested by the 

respondent, Mr. Ponsford. 

The hearing notice, according my 

records, went out January 7th of this year. 

So Mr. Ponsford's been on notice of the time 

and date of the hearing, It is now 9:15, 

going on 9:20. The respondent is not here 

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Mr. Brown, what's your pleasure? 

MR. BROWN: Your Honor, we treat 

his failure to show up as a withdrawal of his 

request for a hearing. And so we request 

that you enter an order, basically, finding 

the allegations and imposing the penalty we 

request 

gentleman? 

attorney, 

JUDGE GOODWIN: 

THE BAILIFF: 

Who is this 

Assistant U.S 

JUDGE GOODWIN: Let's put him on 

the stand. (Laughter.) 

Respondent did not appear, and the 

agency's moved to strike the request for 

hearing. Pursuant to the motion of the 

agency, I'm going to strike respondent's 

request for hearing. I'm going to enter a 

default judgment against the respondent. 

I'll do a confirmed order, Mr. 

Brown, but essentially I'm going to find that 

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the respondent has admitted to all of the 

allegations in the complaint. 

Your prayer for relief is in the 

amount of? 

MR. BROWN: $1,000. 

JUDGE GOODWIN: And I will grant 

that relief. I'll get that order prepared 

forthwith and issued. 

Any other matters before the 

Court, Mr. Brown? 

MR. BROWN: No, Your Honor. 

JUDGE GOODWIN: Having found the 

respondent -- having struck his request for 

a hearing, having entered a default against 

the respondent as to all the allegations and 

the fine, we will now go off the record. 

Thank you. 

(Off record.) 

(202) 234-4433 

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This is to certify that the foregoing transcript 

in the matter of: Kyle Ponsford 

Before Hon. Richard Goodwin 

Administrative Law Judge 

Date June 29, 2010 

Place: Juneau, Alaska 

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represents the full and complete proceedings of the 

aforementioned matter, as reported and reduced to 

typewriting. 

Lynnfidd ^ Barker 

(202) 234-4433 

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COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 

1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com