---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 71.32"
title: "28"
number: "71.32"
heading: "Location of hearing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/71.32"
---

# §71.32. Location of hearing.

- (a) The hearing may be held:
  - (1) In any judicial district of the United States in which the defendant resides or transacts business;
  - (2) In any judicial district of the United States in which the claim or statement in issue was made; or
  - (3) In such other place as may be agreed upon by the defendant and the ALJ.
- (b) Each party shall have the opportunity to present argument with respect to the location of the hearing.
- (c) The hearing shall be held at the place and at the time ordered by the ALJ.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 31 U.S.C. 3801-3812; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended by Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321.

### Source

Source: Order No. 1268-88, 53 FR 11646, Apr. 8, 1988, unless otherwise noted.