Leonard Kragness v. National Transportation Safety Board and Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration

30 F.3d 139 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Leonard KRAGNESS, Petitioner, v. NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD and Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, Respondents. No. 92-70798. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 15, 1994. Decided July 1, 1994. Before: HUG, SCHROEDER, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Leonard Kragness petitions for review of the National Transportation Safety Board's ("NTSB") decision upholding the revocation of his commercial pilot's certificate. He argues that under the applicable statute, he was entitled to a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge in which he could personally argue the merits of his case and the appropriate sanction. We affirm the NTSB's decision. 3 The Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") revoked Kragness' license pursuant to FAR Sec. 61.15(a)(2), 14 C.F.R. Sec. 61.15(a)(2) (1993). That regulation provides that a pilot's certificate may be revoked…