---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 1201.135"
title: "5"
number: "1201.135"
heading: "Contents of stay request."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/1201.135"
---

# §1201.135. Contents of stay request.


The Special Counsel, or that official's representative, must sign each stay request, and must include the following information in the request:

- (a) The names of the parties;
- (b) The agency and officials involved;
- (c) The nature of the action to be stayed;
- (d) A concise statement of facts justifying the charge that the personnel action was or will be the result of a prohibited personnel practice; and
- (e) The laws or regulations that were violated, or that will be violated if the stay is not issued.

## Notes

### 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.