[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 5]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 14CFR1264.118]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 1264_IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL PENALTIES ACT OF 

1986--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 1264.118  Prehearing conferences.



    (a) The presiding officer may schedule prehearing conferences as 

appropriate.

    (b) Upon the motion of any party, the presiding officer shall 

schedule at least one prehearing conference at a reasonable time in 

advance of the hearing.

    (c) The presiding officer may use prehearing conferences to discuss 

the following:

    (1) Simplification of the issues;

    (2) The necessity or desirability of amendments to the pleadings, 

including the need for a more definite statement;

    (3) Stipulations and admissions of fact or as to the contents and 

authenticity of documents;

    (4) Whether the parties can agree to submission of the case on a 

stipulated record;

    (5) Whether a party chooses to waive appearance at an oral hearing 

and to submit only documentary evidence (subject to the objections of 

other parties) and written arguments;

    (6) Limitation of the number of witnesses;

    (7) Scheduling dates for the exchange of witness lists and of 

proposed exhibits;

    (8) Discovery;

    (9) The time and place for the hearing; and

    (10) Such other matters, including settlement, as may tend to 

expedite the fair and just disposition of the proceedings.

    (d) The presiding officer may issue an order containing all matters 

agreed upon by the parties or ordered by the presiding officer at a 

prehearing conference.



[52 FR 39498, Oct. 22, 1987, as amended at 54 FR 600, Jan. 9, 1989]