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Docket No. FAA-20t4-0864 Federal Express Corporation ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 2014SW700042 Respondent
ORDER DIRECTING THE PARTIES TOMEETAND CONFERREGARDING LITIGATION AND SCHEDULING ISSUES
The above captioned case was reassigned to the undersignedjudge on March 24, 2016. By order ofthe ChiefAdministrative Law Judge, any previously established date fora prehearing conference or trial was suspended. Those dates are now vacated and there is aneed to establish a new litigation schedule for this case. To assist the undersignedjudge, the parties should meet and conferto propose a mutually agreeable schedule. An administrative lawjudge may hold conferences to, among otherthings, "settle [or] simplify the issues by consent ofthe 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 ajointreport providing: a. any request to change the previously established venue, b. a proposed schedule for the completion ofdiscovery (or an indication that discovery is complete), c. a list ofany 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 ofany prehearing motions (including a proposed date for a telephonic hearing on any filed motions, ifso desired), and f. proposed hearing dates. The parties shouldprovide 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 undersignedjudge at the Office ofHearings byfax, express carrier, orpersonal delivery no later than 30 calendar days after the date ofservice ofthis order.

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Attachment: Service List



### 2SERVICE 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,AdministrativeLawJudge Office ofHearings, M-20 U.S. Department ofTransportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. (E11-310) Washington, DC 20590 TEL: 202-366-5121 StaffAssistant FAX: 202-366-7536 Docket No. FAA-2014-0864 (Civil Penalty Action)

2 Service was by U.S. Mail. For service in person orby expedited courier, use the following address: Federal AviationAdministration, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Wilbur Wright Building-Suite2W1000, Washington, DC 20591; Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430.