[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR10.26]

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              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 10_RULES OF PRACTICE--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B_Institution of Adjudica- tory Proceedings; Pleadings; Motions
 
Sec.  10.26  Motions and other papers.

    (a) Presentation. An application for a form of relief not otherwise 
specifically provided for in these rules shall be made by motion, filed 
with the Proceedings Clerk, which shall be in writing unless made on the 
record during a hearing. The motion shall state: (1) The relief sought; 
(2) the basis for relief; and (3) the authority relied upon. If a motion 
is supported by briefs, affidavits or other papers, they shall be served 
and filed with the motion. All motions and applications, unless 
otherwise provided in these rules, shall be directed to the 
Administrative Law Judge prior to the filing of an initial decision in a 
proceeding, and to the Commission after the initial decision has been 
filed.
    (b) Answers to motions. Any party may serve and file a written 
response to a motion within ten days after service of the motion upon 
him or within such longer or shorter period as established by these 
rules or as the Administrative Law Judge or the Commission may direct. 
The absence of a response to a motion may be considered by the 
Administrative Law Judge or the Commission in deciding whether to grant 
the requested relief.
    (c) Motions for procedural orders. Motions for procedural orders, 
including motions for extension of time, may be acted on at any time, 
without awaiting a response thereto. Any party adversely affected by 
such order may request reconsideration, vacation or modification of the 
order.
    (d) Dilatory motions. Repetitive or numerous motions dealing with 
the same subject matter shall not be permitted.
    (e) Review by the Commission. Interloctory review by the Commission 
of a ruling on a motion by an Administrative Law Judge may be sought in 
accordance with the procedures and under the circumstances set forth in 
Sec.  10.101 of these rules.

[41 FR 2511, Jan. 16, 1976, as amended at 60 FR 54802, Oct. 26, 1995; 63 
FR 55791, Oct. 19, 1998]