STATE OF CALIFORNIA GRAY DAVIS, Governor

PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

505 VAN NESS AVENUE

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102-3298

March 1, 2001

TO: PARTIES OF RECORD IN INVESTIGATION 00-05-019

This proceeding was filed on May 1, 2000, and is assigned to Commissioner
Richard A. Bilas and Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Victor D. Ryerson. This is the decision of the Presiding Officer, ALJ Ryerson.

Any party to this adjudicatory proceeding may file and serve an Appeal of the Presiding Officer's Decision within 30 days of the date of issuance (i.e., the date of mailing) of this decision. In addition, any Commissioner may request review of the Presiding Officer's Decision by filing and serving a Request for Review within 30 days of the date of issuance.

Appeals and Requests for Review must set forth specifically the grounds on which the appellant or requestor believes the Presiding Officer's Decision to be unlawful or erroneous. The purpose of an Appeal or Request for Review is to alert the Commission to a potential error, so that the error may be corrected expeditiously by the Commission. Vague assertions as to the record or the law, without citation, may be accorded little weight.

Appeals and Requests for Review must be served on all parties and accompanied by a certificate of service. Any party may file and serve a Response to an Appeal or Request for Review no later than 15 days after the date the Appeal or Request for Review was filed. In cases of multiple Appeals or Requests for Review, the Response may be to all such filings and may be filed 15 days after the last such Appeal or Request for Review was filed. Replies to Responses are not permitted. (See, generally, Rule 8.2 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure.)

If no Appeal or Request for Review is filed within 30 days of the date of issuance of the Presiding Officer's Decision, the decision shall become the decision of the Commission. In this event, the Commission will designate a decision number and advise the parties by letter that the Presiding Officer's Decision has become the Commission's decision.

/s/Lynn T. Carew

Lynn T. Carew, Chief

Administrative Law Judge

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Attachment

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PRESIDING OFFICER'S DECISION (Mailed 3/1/01)

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

In the Matter of the Order Instituting Investigation and Order to Show Cause on the Commission's Own Motion Into the Operations and Practices of Federation Moving Services, Inc., a California Corporation, and its President, Elijah Green.

Investigation 00-05-019 (Filed May 18, 2000)

Travis Foss, Attorney at Law, and William Waldorf,
for Consumer Services Division

OPINION

Summary

The household goods carrier permit of Federation Moving Services, Inc. (Federation), File No. T-189,080, is permanently revoked. Respondent Elijah Green (Green), Federation's President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), is barred from applying, on behalf of himself or any entity, for authority to engage in business as a household goods carrier, unless this order is first modified pursuant to Rule 47 of our Rules of Practice and Procedure (Rules), or any successor to that Rule. Investigation (I.) 00-05-019 is closed.