[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR15.110]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
PART 15_NONDISCRIMINATION--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C_Rules of Practice and Procedure for Hearings, Decisions and 
        Administrative Review Under the Civil Rights Act of 1964
 
Sec. 15.110  Prehearing conferences.

    (a) In any case in which it appears that such procedure will 
expedite the proceeding, the hearing officer may, prior to the 
commencement of the hearing, request the parties to meet with him or to 
correspond with him regarding any of the following:
    (1) Simplification and clarification of the issues;

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    (2) Necessity or desirability of amendments to the pleadings;
    (3) Stipulations, admissions of fact and of the contents and 
authenticity of documents;
    (4) Matters of which official notice will be taken;
    (5) Limitation of the number of experts or other witnesses;
    (6) Disposal of all motions; and
    (7) Such other matters as may expedite and aid in the disposition of 
the proceeding.
    (b) The hearing officer shall enter in the record a written summary 
of the results of the conference or correspondence with the parties.