---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1.630"
title: "7"
number: "1.630"
heading: "What will OALJ do with a case referral?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1.630"
---

# §1.630. What will OALJ do with a case referral?


Within 5 days after the effective date stated in the referral notice under [§ 1.626(c)(4)](/cfr/7/1.626.md?p=c-4), 43 CFR [45.26(c)(4)](/cfr/43/45.26.md?p=c-4), or [50](/cfr/43/50.md) CFR 221.26(c)(4):

- (a) **The Hearing Clerk must—**
  - (1) Docket the case;
  - (2) Assign an ALJ to preside over the hearing process and issue a decision; and
  - (3) Issue a docketing notice that informs the parties of the docket number and the ALJ assigned to the case; and
- (b) The ALJ must issue a notice setting the time, place, and method for conducting an initial prehearing conference under [§ 1.640](/cfr/7/1.640.md). This notice may be combined with the docketing notice under [paragraph (a)(3)](#a-3) of this section.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 797(e), 811, 823d.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 17181, Mar. 31, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, unless otherwise noted.