Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board

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IN THE MATTER OF LOUISIANA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD Docket No. 9374. Order, March 21, 2019 Order lifting the stay pending appeal, resuming administrative proceedings, extending the deadline for ruling on Complaint Counsel's motion, and scheduling the evidentiary hearing. ORDER LIFTING STAY AND RESUMING ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS ] On April 19, 2018, Respondent filed a petition with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, seeking review of the Commission's Opinion and Order 1 denying Respondent's motion to dismiss the complaint in this proceeding and dismissing Respondent's third and ninth affirmative defenses. On July 19, 2018, the Commission stayed this proceeding pending appellate review.2 On February 28, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found that Respondent's petition was premature and dismissed its petition fo r lack of jurisdiction.3 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that the stay of these proceedings is hereby lifted; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Commission's deadline for ruling on Complaint Counsel's Motion for Partial Summary Decision Dismissing Respondent's Fourth Affirmative Defense4 is extended to April 29, 2019; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the evidentiary hearing in this proceeding before an Administrative Law Judge of the Federal Trade Commission is rescheduled to commence on July 30, 2019, at 10:00 a.m.

1 In the Matter of Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board, Docket No. 9374, Opinion and Order of the Commission, at 21 (April 10, 2018), available at https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/d09374_opinion_and_order_of_the_commission_04102018_reda cted_public_version.pdf.

2 In the Matter of Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board, Docket No. 9374, Commission Order Staying Administrative Proceeding at 2 (July 19, 2018), available at https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/d09374 commission ord staying administrative proceeding.pdf 3 Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board v. Federal Trade Commission, No. 18-60291, Order, at 1 (5th Cir., Feb. 28, 2019).

4 At the time the stay was entered, Complaint Counsel's motion was pending before the Commission, and oral argument on that motion was scheduled to occur on August 27, 2018. The Commission declines to reschedule the oral argument on Complaint Counsel's Motion for Partial Summary Decision at this time. VOLUME 167 Interlocutory Orders, Etc.