CFR > Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL (parts 1 to 27) > PART 20—RULES OF PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND EVIDENCE FOR FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COAST GUARD > SUBPART L—Expedited Hearings (§20.1201 to §20.1209) > 20.1202—Filing of pleadings.

20.1202—Filing of pleadings.

(a) Complaint. If the Coast Guard has temporarily suspended a merchant mariner's credential, license, certificate of registry, or document, it shall immediately file a complaint under § 20.307. The complaint must contain both a copy of a notice of temporary suspension and an affidavit stating the authority and reason for temporary suspension.
(b) Answer. In a case under this subpart—
(1) § 20.308 does not govern answers, and
(2) The respondent shall therefore enter his or her answer at the pre-hearing conference.

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[CGD 98-3472, 64 FR 28062, May 24, 1999, as amended at, USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11211, Mar. 16, 2009]