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5 CFR 1201.58: Order of hearing.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 5—Administrative Personnel
- CHAPTER II—MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
- SUBCHAPTER A—ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES
- PART 1201—PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES
- Subpart B—Procedures for Appellate Cases
(a) In cases in which the agency has taken an action against an employee, the agency will present its case first.
(b) The appellant will proceed first at hearings convened on the issues of:
(1) Jurisdiction;
(2) Timeliness; or
(3) Office of Personnel Management disallowance of retirement benefits, when the appellant applied for those benefits.
(c) The judge may vary the normal order of presenting evidence.
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