39 CFR § 952.26 - Judicial Officer.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t39/s952.26"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "39 CFR § 952.26 - Judicial Officer."
title_number: 39
title_name: "Postal Service"
section_number: "952.26"
section_name: "Judicial Officer."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "PROCEDURES"
part_number: "952"
part_name: "FALSE REPRESENTATION AND LOTTERY ORDERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "39 U.S.C. 204, 401, 3001, 3005, 3012, 3016; 5 U.S.C. 554."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 36320, June 22, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "952"
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# 952.26 Judicial Officer.

(a) The Judicial Officer is authorized:

(1) To act as presiding officer;

(2) To render tentative decisions;

(3) To render final agency decisions;

(4) To issue Postal Service orders for the Postmaster General;

(5) To refer the record in any proceeding to the Postmaster General or the Deputy Postmaster General for final agency decision;

(6) To remand a case to the presiding officer for consideration; and,

(7) To revise or amend these rules of practice.

(b) In determining appeals from initial decisions or exceptions to tentative decisions, the entire official record will be considered before a final agency decision is rendered. Before rendering a final agency decision, the Judicial Officer may order the hearing reopened for the presentation of additional evidence by the parties.