415. PRE-HEARING CONFERENCES

415 PRE-HEARING CONFERENCES 415.1 In any action, the Board’s General Counsel may request that the parties appear for a pre-hearing conference to consider the following: Simplification of the issues; (b) The necessity or desirability of amendments to the pleadings; (c) The possibility of obtaining the admission of facts and documents which will avoid unnecessary proof; (d) Limitation of the number of witnesses; and (e) Other matters which may aid in the disposition of the action. 415.2 If a party or a party’s representative fails to appear, the pre-hearing conference may proceed in their absence. 415. 3 The Board may enter an order which recites the action taken at the conference, the amendments allowed to the pleadings, and the agreements made by the parties as to any of the matters considered which limit the issues for hearing, to those issues not disposed of by admissions or agreements of counsel or parties. The order, when entered, shall control the subsequent course of the action. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 45 DCR 432 (January 23, 1998); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 015793 (December 15, 2023). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Elections and Ethics 3 DCMR § 415