[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR3.18]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
CHAPTER I--IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 3--EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart C--Immigration Court--Rules of Procedure
 
Sec. 3.18  Scheduling of cases.

    (a) The Immigration Court shall be responsible for scheduling cases 
and providing notice to the government and the alien of the time, place, 
and date of hearings.
    (b) In removal proceedings pursuant to section 240 of the Act, the 
Service shall provide in the Notice to Appear, the time, place and date 
of the initial removal hearing, where practicable. If that information 
is not contained in the Notice to Appear, the Immigration Court shall be 
responsible for scheduling the initial removal hearing and providing 
notice to the government and the alien of the time, place, and date of 
hearing. In the case of any change or postponement in the time and place 
of such proceeding, the Immigration Court shall provide written notice 
to the alien specifying the new time and place of the proceeding and the 
consequences under section 240(b)(5) of the Act of failing, except under 
exceptional circumstances as defined in section 240(e)(1) of the Act, to 
attend such proceeding. No such notice shall be required for an alien 
not in detention if the alien has failed to provide the address required 
in section 239(a)(1)(F) of the Act.

[62 FR 10332, Mar. 6, 1997]