{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-4.317","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 4.317","heading":"Standards of conduct.","body":"(a) Inquiries about cases. Except for ex parte communications that are prohibited under 43 CFR 4.27, all inquiries by a party to a matter pending before the Board should be directed to the Board's clerk, and all inquiries by a non-party to a matter pending before the Board should be directed to the chief administrative judge of the Board or the administrative judge assigned the matter.\n(b) Disqualification. An administrative judge may withdraw from a case in accordance with standards found in the recognized canons of judicial ethics if the judge deems this action appropriate. If, before a decision of the Board, a party files an affidavit of personal bias or disqualification with substantiating facts, and the administrative judge concerned does not withdraw, the OHA Director will determine the matter of disqualification.","path":["Title 43—Public Lands: Interior","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of the Interior","PART 4—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HEARINGS AND APPEALS PROCEDURES","Subpart D—Rules Applicable to Appeals Before the Interior Board of Indian Appeals"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-43.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"1a6e30d844200c6b26206b6ab4fd6a2c18633daae6eb498cc66d7db9e62c969a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-4.316","next":"us/43-cfr-4.318"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}