A hearing can be rescheduled due to scheduling conflicts within the organization. This includes conflicts with the hearing date, time, or location, e.g., if the hearing location is unavailable. Hearings can only be rescheduled by the organization and not at the request of a case participant. Case participants must request a continuance.
When a hearing is rescheduled, the system copies all the participant and user information to the rescheduled hearing. Any transcription requests will also be copied over. All hearing participants that are required to attend the hearing are notified of the rescheduled hearing. The system sends hearing schedule notices to the hearing participants provided there is sufficient time to send correspondence. If the hearing is desk-based, a task is assigned to the hearing official to complete the rescheduled hearing. The hearing case participants are notified of the new statement submission date.