[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 4, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 4CFR28.29]

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                            TITLE 4--ACCOUNTS
 
               CHAPTER I--GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
 
PART 28_GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE PERSONNEL APPEALS BOARD; PROCEDURES 
 
                          Subpart B_Procedures
 
Sec.  28.29  Consolidation or joinder.

    (a) Explanation. (1) Consolidation may occur where two or more 
parties have cases which should be united because they contain identical 
or similar issues or in such other circumstances as justice requires.
    (2) Joinder may occur where one person has two or more petitions 
pending and they are united for consideration. For example, a single 
petitioner who has one petition pending challenging a 30-day suspension 
and another petition pending challenging a subsequent dismissal might 
have the cases joined.
    (b) Action by administrative judge. An administrative judge may 
consolidate or join cases on his or her own initiative or on the motion 
of a party if to do so would expedite processing of the cases and not 
adversely affect the interests of the parties.

[58 FR 61992, Nov. 23, 1993, as amended at 68 FR 69301, Dec. 12, 2003]

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