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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 1 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LUTHER KURTZ AND SKYDIVE No. 20-73440

COASTAL CALIFORNIA, INC. D/B/A

PHOENIX AREA SKYDIVING,

Petitioners, FAA Docket No. 16-16-

v.

FEDERAL AVIATION MEMORANDUM*

ADMINISTRATION,

Respondent.

Petition for Review of an Action of the Federal Aviation Administration Argued and Submitted January 13, 2022 Pasadena, California

Before: RAWLINSON and WATFORD, Circuit Judges, and RAKOFF,** District Judge. A skydiving operator and its owner petition for review of a one-paragraph

letter from the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) to the City of Casa Grande,

Arizona (“the City”), which is the “sponsor” of the one-runway Casa Grande

Municipal Airport (“CGZ”). The letter, dated September 28, 2020, clarified several

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, United States District Judge for the Southern District…