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### FAA GLRC F'AGE 132/68

U.S. Oepcrtment of Transportation F&dercll Aviation Adrninistrt:rtlon In Reply Refer to: 

## Wl 

## SEP 21 P !p 

## 2 8 AGL-7B Great Lskee.**R~glon** 2300 E. Devon Avr.t Oes Plaines, IL 60019

Araa Code 847/294-7662 OVERNIGHT MAIL September 27, 2012 Hearing Docket 

### Federal AviaL.ion Administlr.ation 800 

### Independence Avenue, 

### s. 

### w. Washington, DC 20591 

### Attn: Hearing Docket 

### Clerk**~GC-430,** 

### Wilber Wright**Buildin~** 

### Suite 2W1000 

### Re: Vincent 

### Brown FAA**Ca~e** 

### No.: 2008-GL-13-0048 

### Enclosed. herewith please 

### the request for hearing, alld 

### copy of·t.he 'Complaint', that was originally

## sign~d and ro.a.iled August 14, 2012. 

### The FAA requests

## ~h~t the hearing in this matter be held in Milwaukee, 

### WI, and

### ~xpects that the

### hearin~ will last one

### d~y. Please address all communications for 

### the FAA 

### to the

## unde~signed at:

Enclosures: 

### Federal Aviation**Adm~nistration** 

### Regiona.l Counsel (AGL-'1) 2300 East Devon Avenue Oes**~laines,** IL 60018



### Request for Hearin9 Complaint 

### cc:**Respond~nt** 

### (w/copy of Complaint)08/27/2012 15:32 FAX 2024835142 09/27/2612 13:44 8472947d'38 FAA FAA GLRG

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE -+ OMS 141002/013 F'AGE 03/0S



### I hereby certify that I**ha~e,** 

### this date,**~erved** 

### the**fo~egoing** 

### complaint by mailing 

### the following 

### copies, Overni9ht and 

### facscimiJ.e as**follo~**....s: Overniqht Mail and Facsimile**O~iginal** and 1 Copy:



### One Copy: 

### Hearing Docket**Fede~ai** 

### Aviation Administration 800 

### Independence Avenue, 

## s. W. Washington, DC**205~1 A~tn:**  

### Rearing Docket 

### Clerk AGC-430,**Wilbe~** 

### Wright Building Suite 2Wl000



### Vincent R. Er.own 

### 5637 Glen Oaks Dr. Rocklin, CA 95765 Dated this 27th day of 

### September, 2012.

TartUlly 

### Gardner Legal Technician FAA, 

### Great 

### Lakes Region.09/27/2012 15:32 FAX 2024935142 FAA -> OMS 89/27/2012 13:44 8472947498 

### FAA GLRC

U.S. DEPARTMENT OFTRANSPORTATION OFFICE OFHEARINGS



### WASIDNGTON, D.C.


### IN THE MATTER OF FAA v. 

### Vincent R. 

### Brown FAA

### DOCKET NO. 

### (not assigned) DMS NO. (not 

### assigned) FAA CASENO. 2008·GL·I3-0048



### COMPLAINT Th.e Federal Aviation Administration 

### (FAA), by 

### counsel, hereby flies its Complaint, pursuant to Rule 208 ofthc: Rules ofPractice (14 C.P.R. 13.208), and states as follows: 

### I**~003/013** PAGE 04/P.IB



### On July 12,2012, Respondent Vincent R. Brown was advised through a Final Notice of Proposed Civil 

### Penaltythat the FAA 

### proposed to assess a 

### civil penalty in the 

### amount of $3,300.00. On July 

### 27,2012, Respondent submitted a written request for a hearine;.
I. On May 10, 2008, 

### you were a passenger on 

### board an aircraft 

### operated by 

### Frontier Airlines, under 

### Pan 

### 121 ofthe 

### Federal Aviation Regulations, as Frontier Flight 371. from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with an intended destination 

### ofDenver, Colorado. 2. 

### You. failed to stow your computerwhenthe flight attendant 

### requestt:d you do so. 3. You 

### advised the flight attendant when 

### specifically requested to do**so~** that 

### you didn't wantto. 4. Your failure to 

### co.mply with flight erew 

### instructions required the :flight 

### attendants to negotiatewith you ro 

### get 

### you to ultimately stowyour computer,09/27/2012 15:32 FAX 2024935142 FAA 09/27/2812 13:4d 8472947498 + OMS 

### FAA GLRC**~** 004/013 

### PAGE 05/08 

### 2


### 5. During the 

### course of that 

### flight's**taxiin~** 

### you failed 

### to comply with 

### cre\VIT\ember instructions by failing to keep your seat in the 

### upright position as insttucted by tlight attendant instructions. 

### 6. 

### When the flight 

### attendants b.rought your seat into the upright position and ex.plain.cd to you that 

### it neededto beupright, you repeatedly re·reclined tt. 

### 7. You later explained you had intentionally re-reclined your seat after 

### being told it 

### needed to 

### be 

### upright because you felt the fligb.t attendant was "being mean" and tha.t you didn't seewba.t the big 

### deal**was~** 

### 8. lhe 

### aircraft crew determined that your failures to comply with crew members· instructions represented an undue risk to the flight, returned the aircraft to the gate, and had you removedfrom the flight 

### by local law enforcement authorities. 9. Your conduct. as described 

### above, 

### interfered with 

### cabin crewm.embers in the perfonnance oftheir duti.es aboard. Flight 371.


### II 

### By reason oftheforegoing facts and circumstances, 

### Respondent violated Section(s) 121,580, and l21.589(e), ofthe 

### Federal Aviation Regulati.ons 14 CFR. 1. 

### Pursuantto Title 49 oftht: Unjted States Code, Se.::tion 4630l(a) or (49 U.S.C. §46301(a)), Respondent is subject to a civil penalty not to 

### exceed $1,100.00 

### for each violation alleged. 

### 2. Underthe facts and circumstances ofthiscase, a civil penalty of$3,300.00 is appropriate::. 

### WHEREFORE, theAgency, by

### counsel, respectfully requests thatthe Administrative Law

### Judge enter

### an 0J;"derthatRespondent be assessed a civil penalty 

### in the amount of $3,300.00.08/27/2012 15:32 FAX 2024835142 FAA 09/27/2012 13:44 8472947498 FAA GLRC

Respectfully submitted this 14th day ofAugust, 2012.


## J.:5J Kate Barber Attomey· 

### Federa1 Aviati.on 

### Administrati.on Great Lakes Region, AOL-7 

### 2300 East Devon Avenue 

### Des Plaines, IL 6001.8 (847) 294-8275 FAX: (847) 294-7498 

### AGL-7B:tg:8/13/12:g;yq

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE + OMS**~008/013** PAGE P.J7/Ij8 4

I hereby certifY that the foregoing Complainthas been mailed this date by Certjfied Mail, Return Receipt Requested, to: Original and One Copy:

One Copy: 

### Hearing Docket Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue, S. W. Washington, DC 20591 Attn:· Hearing**Dock~t** Clerk**AGC-430~** WilberWright Building Suite 2WlOOO

Vincent 

### R. Brown 

### 5637 Glen Oaks Drive 

### Rocklin, CA 95765
Datedthis 14th day ofAugust, 2012. 

## 1.:51 Tammy Gardner Legal Assistant FAA Oxeat Lakes08/27/2012 15:32 FAX 2024835142 09/27/2el2 13:44 84729474'38



### Vincent

### R. Brown 5637 Glen Oaks Drive**~ocklin,** 

### CA 

### 951155 July**22~** 

### 2012 

### Hearing Docket 

### Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue, SW Room924A 

### VVaslUngton,I)C,2059] Ref. AGL-1B**2008-GL-13~0048** 

### DearSirs: FAA**~** OMS F'AA GLRC



### I would liketo request a hearing on the above refen::ncedmatter. 1have neverreceived 

### auy notification

### previously ofthis

### proposed civil 

### penalty. Sincere1y,

# ~ Vincent R**Bro~,** 

### July22,2012



### cc: Kate Barber. Attorney, FAA, Great

### Lakes Region,**~007/013** PAGE P.l8/el809/27/2012 15:32 FAX 2024935142 FAA**~** OMS**~008/013**



### U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF HEARINGS

WASHINGTON,D.C. 

# RECEIVED

IN THE MATTER OF FAA v. Vincent 

### R. Brown FAA DOCKETNO. (not assigned) DMS NO. (not assigned) FAA CASE NO. 

### 2008·GT.-13A0048

COMPLAINT 

## AUG 202012 

# HEARING DOCKET

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), by counsel, herebyfiles its Complaint, pursuant to Rule 

### 208 ofthe Rules ofPractice 

### (14 C.F.R. 13.208), and states as follows: 

### I On July 12, 2012, Respondent Vincent R. Brown was advised through a Final Notice of Proposed Civil Penalty that the FAA proposed to assess a civil penalty in the amount of $3,300.00. On July 27, 2012, Respondent subl'l"itted a written request for a hearing.
1
. On May 10, 2008, you were a passenger on board an aircraft operated by Frontier Airlines, under Part 121 ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations, as Frontier Flight 371, lrom Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with an intendeddestination ofDenver, Colorado. 2. You failed to stowyour computer when the flight attendant requested you do so. 3. You advised the !light attendant when spedfically requested to do so, that you didn't want to. 4. Your failure to comply with flight crew instructions required the !light attendants to negotiate with you to get you to ultimately stowyour computer.09/27/2012 15:32 FAX 2024935142 FAA + OMS**~009/013** 

### 2

5. During the course of that flight's taxiing, you failed to comply with crewmcmber instructions by failing to keep your seat 

### in the upright position as instmctcd by flight attendant instructions. 6. When the flight attendants brought your seat into the upright position and explained to you that it needed to be upright, you repeatedly re-reclincd it. 7. You later explained you had intentionally re-reclined your seat after being told it needed to be upright because you felt the flight attendant was "being mean'' and that you didn't sec whatthe big deal was. 8. The ·aircraft crew determined that your failures to comply with crew members' instructions represented an undue risk to the flight, returned the aircra1l to the gate, and had you removed from the flight bylocal law enforcement authorities. 9. Your conduct. as described above, interfered with cabin crcwmembers in the performance oftheir duties aboard Flight 371.


### II Ry reason ofthe foregoing tacts and circumstances, Respondent violated Section(s) 121,580, and 

### 121.589(e), ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations 

### 14 CFR. 

### 1. Pursuant to Title 49 ofthe United States Code, Secti(m 4630I(a) or (49 lJ.S.C. §46301(a)), Respondent is subject to a civil penaltynot to exceed$],100.00 for each violation alleged. 2. Under the facts and circumstances ofthis case, a civil penalty of$3,300.00 is appropriate. WHEREfORE, the Agency, by counsel, respectfully requests that the Administrative Law Judge enter an Order that Respondent he assessed a civil penalty in the amount of $3,300.00.09/27/2012 15:32 FAX 2024935142 FAA



### Respectfully submitted this 14th day ofAugust. 2012.

Allorncy 

### Federal Aviation Administration Great Lakes Region, AGL·7 2300 East 

### Devon Avenue Des 

### Plaines, TL 60018 (847) 

### 294-8275 FAX: (847) 294-749& + OMS**~010/013** 

### 309/27/2012 15:32 FAX 2024935142 FAA**~** OMS ll!011/013 

### 5 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

### Ihereby certify thatthe 

### foregoing Complaint has beenmaHed this 

### date by Certified 

### Mail, Return Receipt Requested, lo: Original 

### and One Copy:



### One Copy: 

### Hearing Docket Federal 

### Aviation Administration 

### 800 Independence Avenue, S. W. Washington, 

### DC 20591 

### Attn: Hearing Docket 

### Clerk AGC-430, Wilber Wright Building Suite 2W

### 1000

Vincent R. 

### Brown 5637 Glen Oaks Drive Rocklin, CA 95765
Dated this 14th day ofAugust, 2012.


### Tammy Gardner Legal Assistant FAA Great Lakes08/27/2012 15:32 FAX 2024835142



### Vincent R. 

### Brown 5637 Glen Oaks 

### .DriYe Rocklin, CA 95765 July 22, 2012 

### IIearing Docket Federal AviationAdministration 800 Independence Avenue. SW Room 924A. 

### Washington, DC, 20591 

### Ref. AGL-7B 2008-GL-13·0048 Dear Sirs: FAA -> OMS



## rwould like to request a hearing on the above referenced matter. I have never received any notification previously ofthis proposed civil penalty. Sincerely,

# /)~~-**//~,..** l ,;'' 

### Vincent 

### R Brown 

### July 22, 20I 2

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