---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 2200.205"
title: "29"
number: "2200.205"
heading: "Filing of pleadings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/2200.205"
---

# §2200.205. Filing of pleadings.

- (a) **Complaint and answer.** Once a case is designated for Simplified Proceedings, the complaint and answer requirements are suspended. If the Secretary has filed a complaint under [§ 2200.34(a)](/cfr/29/2200.34.md?p=a), a response to a petition under [§ 2200.37(d)(5)](/cfr/29/2200.37.md?p=d-5), or a response to an employee contest under [§ 2200.38(a)](/cfr/29/2200.38.md?p=a), and if Simplified Proceedings has been ordered, no response to these documents will be required.
- (b) **Motions.** Limited, if any, motion practice is contemplated in Simplified Proceedings, but all motion practice shall conform with [§ 2200.40](/cfr/29/2200.40.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 661(g), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 84 FR 14558, Apr. 10, 2019, unless otherwise noted.