USCG Administrative Law Judge Case
U.S. Coast Guard vs. Joseph Robert McCann
Docket 2022-0467 was a separate Coast Guard suspension-and-revocation proceeding against Joseph Robert McCann. The available docket records show it was assigned before docket 2023-0106 and later consolidated with docket 2023-0106 for settlement. The May 1, 2023 consent order approved a settlement resolving both dockets and states that McCann neither admitted nor denied the factual allegations in the complaints.
Disposition
Settlement Agreement
Posture
Settlement
Sanction
15-month suspension followed by 24 months probation; revocation automatically imposed if settlement conditions are not satisfied.
Judge
Walter Brudzinski
What the Record Shows
Case Summary
The available record for docket 2022-0467 shows a separate Coast Guard suspension-and-revocation proceeding against Joseph Robert McCann. Chief Administrative Law Judge Walter J. Brudzinski issued a notice of assignment in docket 2022-0467 on December 6, 2022, and later granted a Coast Guard motion for two witnesses to testify by telephone on March 8, 2023.
The May 1, 2023 Consent Order Approving Settlement Agreement and Order Canceling Hearing identifies both docket numbers, 2022-0467 and 2023-0106, and both enforcement activity numbers, 7542659 and 7642885. The consent order states that the ALJ granted the parties’ joint motion to consolidate the two dockets for settlement. It approved a settlement under which McCann’s Coast Guard-issued Merchant Mariner Credential was suspended for an initial 15 months, followed by 24 months of probation. The agreement also states that McCann neither admitted nor denied the factual allegations in the complaints.
Based on public docket metadata and available source documents. Allegations are described as allegations, not findings of fact or admissions.
Outcome
Settlement Agreement: docket 2022-0467 was consolidated with docket 2023-0106 for settlement. The agreement states McCann neither admitted nor denied the factual allegations.
Sanction: 15-month suspension followed by 24 months probation; revocation automatically imposed if settlement conditions are not satisfied.
Duration: 15 months suspension; 24 months probation
Case Timeline
Dec 6, 2022
Docket 2022-0467 assigned
Chief ALJ Walter J. Brudzinski issued a notice of assignment in docket 2022-0467.
Mar 8, 2023
Telephonic testimony order
Judge Brudzinski granted a Coast Guard request for two proposed witnesses to testify by telephone.
Apr 28, 2023
Dockets consolidated for settlement
The consent order states the ALJ granted the parties’ joint motion to consolidate docket numbers 2022-0467 and 2023-0106 for settlement.
May 1, 2023
Settlement approved
Judge Brudzinski approved the settlement agreement resolving both docket numbers.
Case Metadata
- Docket Number
- 2022-0467
- Related Proceedings
- Docket 2023-0106 Settlement Agreement
- Enforcement Activity Number
- 7542659
- Judge
- Walter Brudzinski
- Source Era
- 2023–Present Docket Era
- Dispositive Order Type
- Consent Order Approving Settlement Agreement and Order Canceling Hearing
- Allegation
- Sexual Misconduct; Misconduct
- Authorities Cited
- 46 U.S.C. § 7704a
- Coast Guard Representative
- Jennifer A. Mehaffey, Esq.; LCDR Orlando Hernandez
- Mariner / Respondent Counsel
Brian McEwing, Esq., Reeves McEwing LLP
Attorney for the Respondent / Consent Order Approving Settlement Agreement / May 1, 2023
Anthony Sabitsky, Esq., Reeves McEwing LLP
Attorney for the Respondent / Consent Order Approving Settlement Agreement / May 1, 2023
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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