UNITEI) STATES OF AMERICA 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAMD SEChi 

UNITED STATES COAST GUARD 

UNITED STATES COAST GUARD 

Complainant 

RONALD E. MCDOMALD 1 

m S.3 3n,z Respondent. .. __I ..-L; ; .< . - 0 

Docket &umber CG S&R 035628 -t. - .-.- -- W CG Enforcement Activity No: 1932204 . .. . , .. i / - 3 

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REVOCATION ORDER 

Issued: December 13.2004 

Issued by: JEFlGX J. MASSEY 

Adminbtrative Law Judge 

0x1 Ootober 6,2004, the undersigned issued an ''Order Ruhg on Motions and 

Dismissing Proceeding'! ("I)isrmsql Order'' herein) in this matter. The dings 

memorialized in the Dismissal Order were announced on the record when hearing was 

convened in Morgan City, Louisiana on October 1,2004. 

The Respondent, although duly noticed of the hearing, failed to appear fir the 

hearing. (See Exhibits 10-1 through 10-3, admitted at the hearing.) We on the record, 
the undersigned ruled on two pending Motions, both filed by representatives of the 

! United States Coast Guard ('"LISCG" hererein). The &st ruling denied the USCG's Motion 

to Amend Complaint. The second ruling denied the USCG's Motion for Default, 

resulting in a dismissal of this proceeding. On October 26,2004, the undersigned issued 

an Order Re-Opening the Rwrd in this proceeding, having realized that she had ma& an 

error under the law by denying the USCG's Motion for Default on October 1,2004. 

The reopening of the record in this proceeding leaves the undersigned free to 

reconsider her ruling on the USCG's Motion for Defhult filed on October 1,2004, and to 

consider the Request for Reconsideration of Motion for Default Order, filed by the USCG 

on October 27,2004. Aiier due congideration of both documents, I find that the 

Respondent is in DEFAULT. A dehtult constitutes an admission of all facts alleged in 

the Complaint ad a waiver of the Respondent's right to a hearing, (33 CFR § 20.310) 

Accordiqgly, I hereby ORDER that the alleged violation of Use of or Addiction 

to the Use of Dangerous Drugs is PROVED. I have caremy reviewed the Complaint 

and the Motion for DeW and find that the proposed sanction is appropriate under the 

provisions of 46 CFR. 4 5.569. 

SANCTION 

IT IS ORDERED that your Coast Guard License and Merchant Mariner's 

Document are hereby REVOKED, You must immediately surrender your 

documents to the Coast Guard. If you knowin& continue to use your documents, 

you may be subject to criminal prosecution. 
Under 33 CFR 2On310(e) for good cause shown, an Administrative Law Judge 

i may set aside this finding of Default. You may He a motion to set aside the Wing with 

the AW Docketing Gsnter, Baltimore. 

Service of this Order of Revocation upon you serves to notify you of your right to 

appeal as set forth in 33 CFR Subpart J, Section 20.1001. (Attachment A). 

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Done and dated at New Orleans, LA 

December 13,2004 
4 \ I hereby certify that I have %warded the attached document by First Class Mail, 

postage prepaid to the lbllowing persons: 

LCDR Ronnie Patrick 

UScoastGuard 

More City MSO 

800 David Drive Room 232 

Morgan City, LA 70380 

Ronald E. McDonald 

546 Little Pines #2 1 

Morgan City, LA 70380 

ALJ Docketing Center 

U.S. Custom House, Room 412 

40 S. Gay Street 

Baltimore, MD 21202 

*&gal Specialist to 

Administrative Law Judge 

Jeffie J. Massey 

Done and Dated on December 13,2064 at 

New Orleans, Louisiana