---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 952.26"
title: "39"
number: "952.26"
heading: "Judicial Officer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/952.26"
---

# §952.26. Judicial Officer.

- (a) **The Judicial Officer is authorized—**
  - (1) To act as presiding officer;
  - (2) To render tentative decisions;
  - (3) To render final agency decisions;
  - (4) To issue Postal Service orders for the Postmaster General;
  - (5) To refer the record in any proceeding to the Postmaster General or the Deputy Postmaster General for final agency decision;
  - (6) To remand a case to the presiding officer for consideration; and,
  - (7) **To revise or amend these rules of practice.**
- (b) In determining appeals from initial decisions or exceptions to tentative decisions, the entire official record will be considered before a final agency decision is rendered. Before rendering a final agency decision, the Judicial Officer may order the hearing reopened for the presentation of additional evidence by the parties.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 204, 401, 3001, 3005, 3012, 3016; 5 U.S.C. 554.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 36320, June 22, 2011, unless otherwise noted.