USCG Administrative Law Judge Case
U.S. Coast Guard vs. Tommie Bernell Davis
Proven in part: sexual harassment-related misconduct; sanction: 12 months suspension plus probation.
Disposition
Suspension
Posture
Hearing / Decision
Sanction
12 months suspension; additional 12 months remitted on 24 months probation
Judge
George Jordan
What the Record Shows
Case Summary
After a hearing, Judge George J. Jordan found one misconduct allegation proved and one not proved. The Decision and Order states that the proved acts included unwanted sexual comments and advances, unwanted touching, and blocking the complainant from leaving a restroom. The judge also stated that the conduct did not rise to rape or sexual molestation. The order suspended Davis’s mariner credential for 12 months and imposed an additional 12-month suspension remitted on 24 months probation.
Based on public docket metadata and available source documents. Allegations are described as allegations, not findings of fact or admissions.
Outcome
Proven in part: unwanted sexual comments and advances, unwanted touching, and blocking movement. Allegation One proved; Allegation Two not proved.
Sanction: 12 months suspension; additional 12 months remitted on 24 months probation
Duration: 12 months + 24 months probation
Case Timeline
Nov 18, 2016
Complaint filed
The Coast Guard filed a complaint seeking revocation based on allegations arising from a June 2016 incident.
Jan 23, 2018
Decision and Order
Judge George J. Jordan found one misconduct allegation proved and imposed a suspension with probation.
Case Metadata
- Docket Number
- 2016-0365
- Enforcement Activity Number
- 5727035
- Judge
- George Jordan
- Source Era
- 1999–2022 Published Decisions
- Dispositive Order Type
- Decision and Order
- Allegation
- Sexual Misconduct; Sexual Harassment; Misconduct; Credential / MMC
- Source wording: The Decision and Order states that the complaint arose from a June 10, 2016 incident in Sasebo, Japan, and that the amended case proceeded on two misconduct allegations.
- Authorities Cited
- 46 U.S.C. § 7701 et seq.46 C.F.R. Part 546 C.F.R. § 5.569
- Coast Guard Representative
- Andrew Norris, Esq.; LT Kevin C. Kinsella
- Mariner / Respondent Counsel
D. Michael Reedy
Respondent counsel / Decision and Order / Jan 23, 2018
Sources, Context, and Method
What This Record Does and Does Not Show
Coast Guard suspension and revocation cases are administrative proceedings about a merchant mariner credential. They generally begin when a Coast Guard investigating officer files a complaint with the ALJ Docketing Center. Unless the case goes to a hearing and an ALJ finds the complaint allegations proved in a written decision and order, the allegations should be understood as allegations, not findings.
A settlement agreement or consent order can end the proceeding without an admission of the alleged conduct. This page therefore separates what the Coast Guard alleged from what an ALJ, Commandant appeal decision, default order, settlement order, dismissal, or other public record actually decided.
MLAA builds these pages from public Coast Guard ALJ docket data, official Coast Guard source documents, preserved docket-source proof, and available orders or decisions. We preserve source records where we can, label allegations as allegations, avoid treating docket categories as factual findings, and invite source-backed corrections when a record needs to be fixed.
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