[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
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[CITE: 17CFR12.27]

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              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 12_RULES RELATING TO REPARATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart A_General Information and Preliminary Consideration of Pleadings
 
Sec.  12.27  Termination of consideration of pleadings.

    If the Director of the Office of Proceedings should determine not to 
proceed in a manner set forth in Sec.  12.26 (a), (b), or (c), 
consideration of the complaint and the answer (and reply, if any) shall 
terminate, and no proceeding shall be held on the allegations in any 
such pleadings. Such termination shall be regarded by the Commission as 
without prejudice to the right of the parties to seek such alternative 
forms of relief as may be available to them. If the consideration of the 
pleadings should be terminated, the Proceedings Clerk shall immediately 
notify the parties to that effect by registered or certified mail. A 
determination by the Director not to proceed in the manner set forth in 
Sec.  12.26 (a), (b), or (c) of these rules is not subject to appeal 
pursuant to subpart F of these rules.