{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-1.646","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 1.646","heading":"What sanctions may the ALJ impose for failure to comply with discovery?","body":"(a) Upon motion of a party, the ALJ may impose sanctions under paragraph (b) of this section if any party:\n(1) Fails to comply with an order approving discovery; or\n(2) Fails to supplement or amend a response to discovery under § 1.642(a).\n(b) The ALJ may impose one or more of the following sanctions:\n(1) Infer that the information, testimony, document, or other evidence withheld would have been adverse to the party;\n(2) Order that, for the purposes of the hearing, designated facts are established;\n(3) Order that the party not introduce into evidence, or otherwise rely on to support its case, any information, testimony, document, or other evidence:\n(i) That the party improperly withheld; or\n(ii) That the party obtained from another party in discovery;\n(4) Allow another party to use secondary evidence to show what the information, testimony, document, or other evidence withheld would have shown; or\n(5) Take other appropriate action to remedy the party's failure to comply.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Agriculture","PART 1—ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS","Subpart O—Conditions in FERC Hydropower Licenses"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"0f0eb6e850b518ceeca42c11e335cc549fb990b9270841937133aa76cf8154ed","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-1.645","next":"us/7-cfr-1.647"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}