---
kind: "section"
citation: "4 C.F.R. § 28.29"
title: "4"
number: "28.29"
heading: "Consolidation or joinder."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/4/28.29"
---

# §28.29. Consolidation or joinder.

- (a) **Explanation.**
  - (1) Consolidation may occur where two or more parties have cases which should be united because they contain identical or similar issues or in such other circumstances as justice requires.
  - (2) Joinder may occur where one person has two or more petitions pending and they are united for consideration. For example, a single petitioner who has one petition pending challenging a 30-day suspension and another petition pending challenging a subsequent dismissal might have the cases joined.
- (b) **Action by administrative judge.** An administrative judge may consolidate or join cases on their own initiative or on the motion of a party if to do so would expedite processing of the cases and not adversely affect the interests of the parties.

## Notes

### Amendments

[58 FR 61992, Nov. 23, 1993, as amended at 68 FR 69301, Dec. 12, 2003; 89 FR 51399, June 18, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 753.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 61992, Nov. 23, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[58 FR 61992, Nov. 23, 1993, as amended at 68 FR 69301, Dec. 12, 2003; 89 FR 51399, June 18, 2024]