Part 20 — Rules of Practice, Procedure, and Evidence for Formal Administrative Proceedings of the Coast Guard
Subpart A — General
Subpart B — Administrative Law Judges
Subpart C — Pleadings and Motions
- § 20.301— Representation.
- § 20.302— Filing of documents and other materials.
- § 20.303— Form and content of filed documents.
- § 20.304— Service of documents.
- § 20.305— Amendment or supplementation of filed documents.
- § 20.306— Computation of time.
- § 20.307— Complaints.
- § 20.308— Answers.
- § 20.309— Motions.
- § 20.310— Default by respondent.
- § 20.311— Withdrawal or dismissal.
Subpart D — Proceedings
Subpart E — Conferences and Settlements
Subpart F — Discovery
- § 20.601— General.
- § 20.602— Amendatory or supplementary responses.
- § 20.603— Interrogatories.
- § 20.604— Requests for production of documents or things, for inspection or other purposes.
- § 20.605— Depositions.
- § 20.606— Protective orders.
- § 20.607— Sanctions for failure to comply.
- § 20.608— Subpoenas.
- § 20.609— Motions to quash or modify.
Subpart G — Hearings
- § 20.701— Standard of proof.
- § 20.702— Burden of proof.
- § 20.703— Presumptions.
- § 20.704— Scheduling and notice of hearings.
- § 20.705— Failure to appear.
- § 20.706— Witnesses.
- § 20.707— Telephonic testimony.
- § 20.708— Witnesses' fees.
- § 20.709— Closing of the record.
- § 20.710— Proposed findings, closing arguments, and briefs.
Subpart H — Evidence
Subpart I — Decisions
Subpart J — Appeals
Subpart K — Finality, Petitions for Hearing, and Availability of Orders
Subpart L — Expedited Hearings
- § 20.1201— Application.
- § 20.1202— Filing of pleadings.
- § 20.1203— Commencement of expedited hearings.
- § 20.1205— Motion for return of temporarily suspended merchant mariner credential, license, certificate of registry, or document.
- § 20.1206— Discontinuance of expedited hearings.
- § 20.1207— Pre-hearing conferences.
- § 20.1208— Expedited hearings.
- § 20.1209— Appeals of ALJs' decisions.
Subpart M — Supplementary Evidentiary Rules for Suspension and Revocation Hearings
- § 20.1301— Purpose.
- § 20.1303— Authentication and certification of extracts from shipping articles, logbooks, and the like.
- § 20.1305— Admissibility and weight of entries from logbooks.
- § 20.1307— Use of judgments of conviction.
- § 20.1309— Admissibility of respondents' criminal records and records with the Coast Guard before entry of findings and conclusions.
- § 20.1311— Admissions by respondent.
- § 20.1313— Medical examination of respondents.
- § 20.1315— Submission of prior records and evidence in aggravation or mitigation.