---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 C.F.R. § 13.19"
title: "6"
number: "13.19"
heading: "Prehearing conferences."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/6/13.19"
---

# §13.19. Prehearing conferences.

- (a) The Presiding Officer may schedule prehearing conferences as appropriate.
- (b) Upon the motion of any party, the Presiding Officer will schedule at least one prehearing conference at a reasonable time in advance of the hearing.
- (c) The Presiding Officer may use prehearing conferences to discuss the following:
  - (1) Simplification of the issues;
  - (2) The necessity or desirability of amendments to the pleadings, including the need for a more definite Statement;
  - (3) Stipulations and admissions of fact or as to the contents and authenticity of Documents;
  - (4) Whether the parties can agree to submission of the case on a stipulated record;
  - (5) Whether a party chooses to waive appearance at an oral hearing and to submit only documentary evidence (subject to the objection of other parties) and written argument;
  - (6) Limitation of the number of witnesses;
  - (7) Scheduling dates for the exchange of witness lists and of proposed exhibits;
  - (8) Discovery;
  - (9) The time and place for the hearing; and
  - (10) Such other matters as may tend to expedite the fair and just disposition of the proceedings.
- (d) The Presiding Officer may issue an order containing all matters agreed upon by the parties or ordered by the Presiding Officer at a prehearing conference.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135 (6 U.S.C., Ch. 1, sections 101 et seq. ); 5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 3801-3812.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 59211, Oct. 12, 2005, unless otherwise noted.