Case Name: Payam KAMBOD, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION; National Transportation Safety Board, Respondents
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-03-23
Citations: 685 F. App'x 515
Docket Number: No. 16-71054
Parties: Payam KAMBOD, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION; National Transportation Safety Board, Respondents.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, W. FLETCHER, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 685
Pages: 515–516

Head Matter:
Payam KAMBOD, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION; National Transportation Safety Board, Respondents.
No. 16-71054
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 8, 2017
Filed March 23, 2017
Payam Kambod, Pro Se
Agnes M. Rodriguez, Esquire, Senior Attorney, Casey Gardner, Attorney, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Washington, DC, for Respondent Federal Aviation Administration
Agnes M. Rodriguez, Esquire, Senior Attorney, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Washington, DC, for Respondent Michael P. Huerta
Before: LEAVY, W. FLETCHER, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Payam Kambod petitions pro se for review of the National Transportation Safety Board's ("NTSB") final order revoking Kambod's airline pilot, flight instructor, and ground instructor certificates. We have jurisdiction under 49 U.S.C. § 1153(a), 44709(f), and 46110(a). We re view the NTSB's final order under the arbitrary and capricious standard. Gilbert v. NTSB, 80 F.3d 364, 368 (9th Cir. 1996). We deny the petition for review.
The NTSB's determination that the administrative law judge ("ALJ") did not abuse his discretion in denying Kambod's requests for a continuance was not arbitrary and capricious because the ALJ had broad discretion to regulate the conduct of the hearing. See 49 C.F.R. § 821.35(b); Adm'r v. Lackey, NTSB Order. No. EA-5419 (2008) ("We have long held that law judges have significant discretion in overseeing administrative hearings and admitting evidence into the record.").
The NTSB's determination that the ALJ did not abuse his discretion in denying Karabod's request for a waiver of emergency proceedings was not arbitrary and capricious because delaying the proceedings after the hearing had commenced would have placed an undue burden on the Administrator, court resources, witnesses, and the ALJ. See 49 C.F.R. § 821.52(d); Tur v. FAA, 4 F.3d 766, 770 (9th Cir. 1993) (discussing waiver of emergency proceedings).
Because Kambod failed to raise any of his other contentions before the NTSB, those contentions are waived. See '49 U.S.C. § 46110(d); Reid v. Engen, 765 F.2d 1457, 1462 (9th Cir. 1985) (citations omitted) (declining to rule on issues not raised before an agency tribunal).
We reject as without merit Kambod's contentions regarding FAA or ALJ bias.
PETITION DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.