42 CFR § 423.2134 - Extension of time to file action in Federal District Court.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s423.2134"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 423.2134 - Extension of time to file action in Federal District Court."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "423.2134"
section_name: "Extension of time to file action in Federal District Court."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MEDICARE PROGRAM"
part_number: "423"
part_name: "VOLUNTARY MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302, 1306, 1395w-101 through 1395w-152, and 1395hh."
regulatory_source: "70 FR 4525, Jan. 28, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "423"
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# 423.2134 Extension of time to file action in Federal District Court.
(a) An enrollee may request that the time for filing an action in a Federal District Court be extended.
(b) The request must:
(1) Be in writing.
(2) Give the reasons why the action was not filed within the stated time period.
(3) Be filed with the Council.
(c) If the enrollee shows that he or she had good cause for missing the deadline, the time period will be extended. To determine whether good cause exists, the Council uses the standards specified in §§ 405.942(b)(2) or (b)(3) of this chapter.
[74 FR 65363, Dec. 9, 2009, as amended at 82 FR 5139, Jan. 17, 2017]