---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 1201.131"
title: "5"
number: "1201.131"
heading: "Judge."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/1201.131"
---

# §1201.131. Judge.

- (a) The Board will assign a corrective action complaint brought by the Special Counsel under this subpart to a judge, as defined at [§ 1201.4(a)](/cfr/5/1201.4.md?p=a) of this part, for hearing.
- (b) The judge will issue an initial decision on the complaint pursuant to [5 U.S.C. 557](/usc/5/557.md). The applicable provisions of §§ [1201.111](/cfr/5/1201.111.md), [1201.112](/cfr/5/1201.112.md), and [1201.113](/cfr/5/1201.113.md) of this part govern the issuance of initial decisions, the jurisdiction of the judge, and the finality of initial decisions. The initial decision will be subject to the procedures for a petition for review by the Board under [subpart C](/cfr/5/subpartC.md) of this part.

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 48451, Sept. 16, 1997, as amended at 62 FR 66815, Dec. 22, 1997]

### Source

Source: 62 FR 48451, Sept. 16, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1204, 1305, and 7701, and 38 U.S.C. 4331, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 54 FR 53504, Dec. 29, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[62 FR 48451, Sept. 16, 1997, as amended at 62 FR 66815, Dec. 22, 1997]