---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 1264.118"
title: "14"
number: "1264.118"
heading: "Prehearing conferences."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/1264.118"
---

# §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.

## Notes

### Amendments

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

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3809, 51 U.S.C. 20113(a).

### Source

Source: 52 FR 39498, Oct. 22, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

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