---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 1.44"
title: "47"
number: "1.44"
heading: "Separate pleadings for different requests."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/1.44"
---

# §1.44. Separate pleadings for different requests.

- (a) Requests requiring action by the Commission shall not be combined in a pleading with requests for action by an administrative law judge or by any person or persons acting pursuant to delegated authority.
- (b) Requests requiring action by an administrative law judge shall not be combined in a pleading with requests for action by the Commission or by any person or persons acting pursuant to delegated authority.
- (c) Requests requiring action by any person or persons pursuant to delegated authority shall not be combined in a pleading with requests for action by any other person or persons acting pursuant to delegated authority.
- (d) Pleadings which combine requests in a manner prohibited by paragraph [(a)](#a), [(b)](#b), or [(c)](#c) of this section may be returned without consideration to the person who filed the pleading.
- (e) Any request to stay the effectiveness of any decision or order of the Commission shall be filed as a separate pleading. Any such request which is not filed as a separate pleading will not be considered by the Commission.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 28 FR 12415, 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.