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Title 39Postal ServicePart / Section
Chapter IUnited States Postal Service1 – 999
Subchapter NProcedures912 – 999
Part 955Rules of Practice Before the Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals955.1 – 955.30
§ 955.1(Rule 1) Jurisdiction, procedure, and service of documents.
§ 955.2(Rule 2) Initiation of appeals.
§ 955.3(Rule 3) Contents of the notice of appeal.
§ 955.4(Rule 4) Appeal file.
§ 955.5(Rule 5) Motions.
§ 955.6(Rule 6) Pleadings.
§ 955.7(Rule 7) Amendments of pleadings or the record.
§ 955.8(Rule 8) Hearing request.
§ 955.9(Rule 9) Prehearing briefs.
§ 955.10(Rule 10) Conferences with the parties.
§ 955.11(Rule 11) Submission without a hearing.
§ 955.12(Rule 12) Optional Small Claims (Expedited) and Accelerated Procedures.
§ 955.13(Rule 13) Settling the record.
§ 955.14(Rule 14) Discovery.
§ 955.15(Rule 15) Interrogatories, requests for admission, and production and inspection of documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things.
§ 955.16(Rule 16) Depositions.
§ 955.17(Rule 17) Hearings.
§ 955.18(Rule 18) Copies of evidence and return of exhibits.
§ 955.19(Rule 19) Posthearing briefs.
§ 955.20(Rule 20) Representation of the parties.
§ 955.21(Rule 21) Withdrawal of attorney.
§ 955.22(Rule 22) Suspension.
§ 955.23(Rule 23) Decisions.
§ 955.24(Rule 24) Motion for reconsideration.
§ 955.25(Rule 25) Indefinite suspension.
§ 955.26(Rule 26) Failure to prosecute.
§ 955.27(Rule 27) Ex parte communications.
§ 955.28(Rule 28) Sanctions.
§ 955.29(Rule 29) Subpoenas.
§ 955.30(Rule 30) Applicability.