---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 962.10"
title: "39"
number: "962.10"
heading: "(Rule 10) Prehearing conferences."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/962.10"
---

# §962.10. (Rule 10) Prehearing conferences.

- (a) At a reasonable time before the hearing, and with adequate notice to all parties, the Presiding Officer may conduct one or more prehearing conferences to discuss the following:
  - (1) Simplifying the issues;
  - (2) As necessary or desirable, amending the pleadings, including the need for a more definite statement;
  - (3) Stipulating or admitting to facts or the contents and authenticity of documents;
  - (4) Limiting the number of witnesses;
  - (5) Exchanging witness lists, copies of prior witness statements, and copies of hearing exhibits;
  - (6) Scheduling dates for the exchange of witness lists and proposed exhibits;
  - (7) Conducting discovery;
  - (8) Changing the hearing schedule; and
  - (9) **Any other matters related to the proceeding.**
- (b) Within a reasonable time after the prehearing conference, the Presiding Officer will issue an order detailing all matters agreed to by the parties, or ordered by the Presiding Officer, at such conference.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3801-12; 39 U.S.C. 401; 5 U.S.C. 554.

### Source

Source: 90 FR 33272, July 17, 2025, unless otherwise noted.