CFR > Title 24 - Housing and Urban Development > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Housing and Urban Development > CHAPTER X—OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING—FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (INTERSTATE LAND SALES REGISTRATION PROGRAM) (parts 1700 to > PART 1720—FORMAL PROCEDURES AND RULES OF PRACTICE > SUBPART D—Adjudicatory Proceedings (§1720.105 to §1720.635) > 1720.260—Prehearing conferences.

1720.260—Prehearing conferences.

(a) Where it will expedite the proceeding, the administrative law judge may direct or allow the parties or their representatives to appear for a conference to consider:
(1) Simplification and clarification of the issues;
(2) Necessity or desirability of amendments to the pleadings;
(3) Stipulations and admissions of fact and the contents and authenticity of documents;
(4) Expedition in the discovery and presentation of evidence;
(5) Matters of which official or judicial notice will be taken; and
(6) Such other matters as may aid in the orderly and expeditious disposition of the proceeding, including disclosure of the names of witnesses and of documents or other exhibits which will be introduced in evidence in the course of the proceeding.
Prior to the conference, the administrative law judge may direct or allow the parties or their representatives to file memoranda specifying the issues of law and fact to be considered.
(b) If the circumstances are such that a conference is impracticable, the administrative law judge may require the parties to correspond for the purpose of accomplishing any of the objectives set forth in this section.