---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 1201.36"
title: "5"
number: "1201.36"
heading: "Consolidating and joining appeals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/1201.36"
---

# §1201.36. Consolidating and joining appeals.

- (a) **Explanation.**
  - (1) Consolidation occurs when the appeals of two or more parties are united for consideration because they contain identical or similar issues. For example, individual appeals rising from a single reduction in force might be consolidated.
  - (2) **Joinder occurs when one person has filed two or more appeals and they are united for consideration.** For example, a judge might join an appeal challenging a 30-day suspension with a pending appeal challenging a subsequent removal if the same appellant filed both appeals.
- (b) **Action by judge.** A judge may consolidate or join cases on his or her own motion or on the motion of a party if doing so would:
  - (1) Expedite processing of the cases; and
  - (2) **Not adversely affect the interests of the parties.**
- (c) Any objection to a motion for consolidation or joinder must be filed within 10 days of the date of service of the motion.

## Notes

### Amendments

[54 FR 53504, Dec. 29, 1989, as amended at 77 FR 62365, Oct. 12, 2012]

### 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

[54 FR 53504, Dec. 29, 1989, as amended at 77 FR 62365, Oct. 12, 2012]