[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR68.10]

[Page 222]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
 PART 68--RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS BEFORE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES IN CASES INVOLVING ALLEGATIONS OF UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT OF 
ALIENS, UNFAIR IMMIGRATION-RELATED EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES, AND DOCUMENT FRAUD--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 68.10  Motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

    (a) The respondent, without waiving the right to offer evidence in 
the event that the motion is not granted, may move for a dismissal of 
the complaint on the ground that the complainant has failed to state a 
claim upon which relief can be granted. The filing of a motion to 
dismiss does not affect the time period for filing an answer.
    (b) The Administrative Law Judge may dismiss the complaint, based on 
a motion by the respondent or without a motion from the respondent, if 
the Administrative Law Judge determines that the complainant has failed 
to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. However, in the 
prehearing phase of an adjudicatory proceeding brought under this part, 
the Administrative Law Judge shall not dismiss a complaint in its 
entirety for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, 
upon his or her own motion, without affording the complainant an 
opportunity to show cause why the complaint should not be dismissed.

[Order No. 2203-99, 64 FR 7075, Feb. 12, 1999]