Sec.  1.45   Pleadings; filing periods.

   Except  as otherwise provided in this chapter, pleadings in Commission
   proceedings  shall  be filed in accordance with the provisions of this
   section. Pleadings associated with licenses, applications, waivers and other
   documents in the Wireless Radio Services may be filed via the ULS.

   (a) Petitions. Petitions to deny may be filed pursuant to  Sec. 1.939 of this
   part.

   (b) Oppositions. Oppositions to any motion, petition, or request may be
   filed within 10 days after the original pleading is filed.

   (c)  Replies.  The person who filed the original pleading may reply to
   oppositions within 5 days after the time for filing oppositions has expired.
   The reply shall be limited to matters raised in the oppositions, and the
   response  to all such matters shall be set forth in a single pleading;
   separate replies to individual oppositions shall not be filed.

   (d) Requests for temporary relief; shorter filing periods. Oppositions to a
   request for stay of any order or to a request for other temporary relief
   shall  be  filed  within 7 days after the request is filed. Replies to
   oppositions should not be filed and will not be considered. The provisions
   of  Sec. 1.4(h) shall not apply in computing the filing date for oppositions to a
   request for stay or for other temporary relief.

   (e) Ex parte disposition of certain pleadings. As a matter of discretion,
   the  Commission  may  rule ex parte upon requests for continuances and
   extensions of time, requests for permission to file pleadings in excess of
   the length prescribed in this chapter, and requests for temporary relief,
   without waiting for the filing of oppositions or replies.

   Note: Where specific provisions contained in part 1 conflict with this
   section, those specific provisions are controlling. See, in particular,
    Sec.  Sec. 1.294(c), 1.298(a), and 1.773.

   [ 28 FR 12415 , Nov. 22, 1963, as amended at  33 FR 7153 , May 15, 1968;  45 FR 64190 , Sept. 29, 1980;  54 FR 31032 , July 26, 1989;  54 FR 37682 , Sept. 12,
   1989;  63 FR 68919 , Dec. 14, 1998]