SKY-MED, INC. v. F.A.A.

No. 18-70306.

965 F.3d 960 (2020)

SKY-MED, INC., dba Pacific International Skydiving Center, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION; Stephen Dickson, Administrator, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 15, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Van Geffen (argued) and Michael L. Dworkin , Avialex Law Group LLP, San Francisco, California, for Petitioner.

Brett D. Weingold (argued), Office of the Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, D.C., for Respondents.

Before: J. Clifford Wallace and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges, and Timothy Hillman, District Judge.


OPINION

We must decide whether the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") proceeded in the correct forum when it sought to impose $55,000 in civil penalties on Sky-Med, Inc., which does business as Pacific International Skydiving Center ("Pacific"), for allegedly conducting unsafe parachute operations on several occasions. Congress...

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