49 C.F.R. § 821.32
Burden of proof
In proceedings under 49 U.S.C. 44709, the burden of proof shall be upon the Administrator.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1985–1999 · leading case: James C. Robinson v. Nat'l Transp. Saf. Bd., 28 F.3d 210 (D.C. Cir. 1994).
James C. Robinson v. Nat'l Transp. Saf. Bd., 28 F.3d 210 (D.C. Cir. 1994). “See 49 C.F.R. §§ 821.32 & 821.55(c) (1993) (under Board's Rules of Practice in Air Safety Proceedings, the Administrator has the burden of proof and the emergency order serves as the complaint).”
David John Erickson v. Nat'l Transp. Saf. Bd., & Donald D. Engen, Adm'r, Fed. Aviation Admin., 758 F.2d 285 (8th Cir. 1985). “49 C.F.R. § 821.32 (1984). However, while the FAA bears this ultimate burden of persuasion, the burden of producing evidence may shift once a prima facie case has been established.”
Miranda v. Nat'l Transp. Saf. Bd., 866 F.2d 805 (5th Cir. 1989). “49 C.F.R. § 821.32 . Once the FAA “has established a prima facie case the burden shifts to [the pilot] to prove the validity of any affirmative defense he may have.”
Mack M. Kirkendall v. James B. Busey, Adm'r, Fed. Aviation Admin., & the Nat'l Transp. Saf. Bd., 922 F.2d 654 (11th Cir. 1991). “49 C.F.R. § 821.32 . Kirkendall contends that the NTSB erroneously placed the burden of proof concerning Kirkendall’s medical qualification on him.”
Garvey v. Nat'l Transp. Saf. Bd., 190 F.3d 571 (D.C. Cir. 1999). “9 There is also no merit to Merrell's contention that the FAA's presumption im-permissibly reverses the burden of proof again, the Board did not rely.”
Garvey v. Nat'l Transp. Saf. Bd., 190 F.3d 571 (D.C. Cir. 1999). “9 There is also no merit to Merrell’s contention that the FAA’s presumption impermissibly reverses the burden of proof in NTSB proceedings — a point upon which, again, the Board did not rely.”
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