In The Matter Of: 

SERVED: April 4, 2016 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION~;r_q;·, 

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Docket No. F AA-20 t 4-0864 

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Case No. 2014SW700042 

Respondent 

ORDER DIRECTING THE PARTIES TO MEET AND CONFER REGARDING 

LITIGATION AND SCHEDULING ISSUES 

The above captioned case was reassigned to the undersigned judge on March 24, 2016. By 

order of the Chief Administrative Law Judge, any previously established date fora prehearing 

conference or trial was suspended. Those dates are now vacated and there is a need to establish a 

new litigation schedule for this case. To assist the undersigned judge, the parties should meet 

and confer to propose a mutually agreeable schedule. 

An administrative law judge may hold conferences to, among other things, "settle [or] 

simplify the issues by consent of the parties." 1 Pursuant to 14 C.F.R. § 13.205(a)(1) and (7), it is 

hereby ORDERED: 

1. The parties shall privately conduct an infonnal conference to meaningfully discuss 

litigation issues and proposed scheduling. 

2. The parties shall .draft a joint report providing: 

a. any request to change the previously established venue, 

b. a proposed schedule for the completion of discovery (or an indication that 

discovery is complete), 

c. a list of any pending motions that have been previously filed but have yet to be 

ruled upon, 

d. a proposed date for a telephonic prehearing conference with the undersigned 

judge, 

I 14 C.F.R. § 13.205. 
e. a proposed due date for the filing of any prehearing motions (including a 

proposed date for a telephonic hearing on any filed motions, if so desired), and 

f. proposed hearing dates. The parties should provide at least three alternative dates 

on which the hearing may be held that are acceptable to all parties. 

3. In addition to filing the report with the Federal Aviation Administration Hearing Docket 

Clerk in accordance with 14 C.F.R. § 13.210, the parties shall submitthe report to the 

undersigned judge at the Office of Hearings by fax, express carrier, or personal delivery 

no later than 30 calendar days after the date of service of this order. 

~6..RAWALD Administrative Law Judge 

Attachment: Service List 

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SERVICE LIST - BY U.S. MAIL 

ORIGINAL & ONE COPY 

Federal Aviation Administration 

800 Independence Avenue, S.W. 

Washington, DC 20591 

Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 

Wilbur Wright Building-Suite 2WlOO<f 

Greg Stofko, Respondent's Counsel 

1700 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 

Suite 950 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

TEL: 202-393-9285 

FAX: 202-628-0654 

EMAIL: greg.stofko@fedex.com 

James Archier, Complainant's Counsel 

. Federal Aviation Administration 

Enforcement Division, Southwest 

10101 Hillwood Parkway 

Fort Worth, TX 76177 

TEL: 817-222-5074 

FAX: 817-222-5945 

ONE COPY 

The Honorable Douglas M. Rawald, Administrative Law Judge 

Office of Hearings, M-20 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. (E11-310) 

Washington, DC 20590 

TEL: 202-366-5121 Staff Assistant 

FAX: 202-366-7536 

Docket No. FAA-2014-0864 

(Civil Penalty Action) 

2 Service was by U.S. Mail. For service in person or by expedited courier, use the following 

address: Federal AviationAdministration, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Wilbur Wright 

Building-Suite 2W1000, Washington, DC 20591; Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430.