Prehearing conference.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 10

(a) (b) (1) Expediting the disposition of the proceeding; (2) Establishing early and continuing control so that the proceeding will not be protracted because of lack of management; (3) Discouraging wasteful prehearing activities; (4) Improving the quality of the hearing through more thorough preparation, and; (5) Facilitating the settlement of the proceeding or any portions of it. (c) (1) Simplification, clarification, and specification of the issues; (2) The necessity or desirability of amending the pleadings; (3) Obtaining stipulations and admissions of fact and the contents and authenticity of documents to avoid unnecessary proof, and advance rulings from the presiding officer on the admissibility of evidence; (4) The appropriateness and timing of summary disposition motions under subparts G and L of this part, including appropriate limitations on the page length of motions and responses thereto; (5) The control and scheduling of discovery, including orders affecting disclosures and discovery under the discovery provisions in subpart G of this part. (6) Identification of witnesses and documents, and the limitation of the number of expert witnesses, and other steps to expedite the presentation of (7) The disposition of pending motions; (8) Settlement and the use of special procedures to assist in resolving any issues in the proceeding; (9) The need to adopt special procedures for managing potentially difficult or protracted proceedings that may involve particularly complex

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 10:§ 2.329