---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 1.242"
title: "47"
number: "1.242"
heading: "Appointment of case manager when Commission is the presiding officer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/1.242"
---

# §1.242. Appointment of case manager when Commission is the presiding officer.


When the Commission designates itself as the presiding officer in a hearing proceeding, it may delegate authority to a case manager to develop the record in a written hearing (see [§§ 1.370 through 1.377](/cfr/47/1.370..1.377.md)). The case manager must be a staff attorney who qualifies as a neutral under 5 U.S.C. [571](/usc/5/571.md) and [573](/usc/5/573.md). The Commission shall not designate any of the following persons to serve as case manager in a case, and they may not advise or assist the case manager: Staff who participated in identifying the specific issues designated for hearing; staff who have taken or will take an active part in investigating, prosecuting, or advocating in the case; or staff who are expected to investigate and act upon petitions to deny (including challenges thereto). A case manager shall have authority to perform any of the functions generally performed by the presiding officer, except that a case manager shall have no authority to resolve any new or novel issues, to issue an order on the merits resolving any issue designated for hearing in a case, to issue an order on the merits of any motion for summary decision filed under [§ 1.251](/cfr/47/1.251.md), or to perform any other functions that the Commission reserves to itself in the order appointing a case manager.


## Notes

### Amendments

[85 FR 63176, Oct. 6, 2020]

### Source

Source: 28 FR 12425, Nov. 22, 1963, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. chs. 2, 5, 9, 13; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 47 U.S.C. 1754, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[85 FR 63176, Oct. 6, 2020]