[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 47CFR1.45]



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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 

PART 1_PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE--Table of Contents

 

            Subpart A_General Rules of Practice and Procedure

 

Sec. 1.45  Pleadings; filing periods.



    Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, pleadings in 

Commission proceedings shall be filed in accordance with the provisions 

of this section. Pleadings associated with licenses, applications, 

waivers and other documents in the Wireless Radio Services may be filed 

via the ULS.

    (a) Petitions. Petitions to deny may be filed pursuant to Sec. 

1.939 of this part.

    (b) Oppositions. Oppositions to any motion, petition, or request may 

be filed within 10 days after the original pleading is filed.

    (c) Replies. The person who filed the original pleading may reply to 

oppositions within 5 days after the time for filing oppositions has 

expired. The reply shall be limited to matters raised in the 

oppositions, and the response to all such matters shall be set forth in 

a single pleading; separate replies to individual oppositions shall not 

be filed.

    (d) Requests for temporary relief; shorter filing periods. 

Oppositions to a request for stay of any order or to a request for other 

temporary relief shall be filed within 7 days after the request is 

filed. Replies to oppositions should not be filed and will not be 

considered. The provisions of Sec. 1.4(h) shall not apply in computing 

the filing date for oppositions to a request for stay or for other 

temporary relief.

    (e) Ex parte disposition of certain pleadings. As a matter of 

discretion, the Commission may rule ex parte upon requests for 

continuances and extensions of time, requests for permission to file 

pleadings in excess of the length prescribed in this chapter, and 

requests for temporary relief, without waiting for the filing of 

oppositions or replies.



    Note: Where specific provisions contained in part 1 conflict with 

this section, those



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specific provisions are controlling. See, in particular, Sec. Sec. 

1.294(c), 1.298(a), and 1.773.



[28 FR 12415, Nov. 22, 1963, as amended at 33 FR 7153, May 15, 1968; 45 

FR 64190, Sept. 29, 1980; 54 FR 31032, July 26, 1989; 54 FR 37682, Sept. 

12, 1989; 63 FR 68919, Dec. 14, 1998]