---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 802.218"
title: "20"
number: "802.218"
heading: "Failure to file papers; order to show cause."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/802.218"
---

# §802.218. Failure to file papers; order to show cause.

- (a) Failure to file any paper when due pursuant to this part, may, in the discretion of the Board, constitute a waiver of the right to further participation in the proceedings.
- (b) When a petition for review and brief has not been submitted to the Board within the time limitation prescribed by [§ 802.211](/cfr/20/802.211.md), or within an enlarged time limitation granted pursuant to [§ 802.217](/cfr/20/802.217.md), the petitioner shall be ordered to show cause to the Board why his or her appeal should not be dismissed pursuant to [§ 802.402](/cfr/20/802.402.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; Secretary of Labor's Order 03-2006, 71 FR 4219, January 25, 2006.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 27292, July 20, 1987, unless otherwise noted.