43 C.F.R. § 4.831 Sanctions.
Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior
(a) A party, upon reasonable notice to other parties and all persons affected thereby, may move for an order as follows: (1) If a deponent fails to answer a question propounded or submitted under §4.827(c), or a corporation or other entity fails to make a designation under §4.827(b)(3), or a party fails to answer an interrogatory submitted under §4.829, or if a party, under §4.830 fails to respond that inspection will be permitted or fails to permit inspection, the discovering party may move for an order compelling an answer, a designation, or inspection. (2) An evasive or incomplete answer is to be treated as a failure to answer. (b) If a party or an agent designated to testify fails to obey an order to permit discovery, the administrative law judge may make such orders as are just, including: (1) That the matters regarding which the order was made or any other designated facts shall be established in accordance with the claim of the party obtaining the order; (2) Refusing to allow the disobedient party to support or oppose designated claims or defenses, or prohibiting him from introducing designated matters in evidence. (c) If a party or an agent designated to testify fails after proper service (1) to appear for his deposition, (2) to serve answers or objections to interrogatories submitted under §4.829 or (3) to serve a written response to a request for inspection, submitted under §4.830, the administrative law judge on motion may make such orders as are just, including those authorized under paragraphs (b) (1) and (2) of this section.
Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 4—DEPARTMENT HEARINGS AND APPEALS PROCEDURES
Subpart I—Special Procedural Rules Applicable to Practice and Procedure for Hearings, Decisions, and Administrative Review Under Part 17 of This Title—Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of the Department of the Interior—Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Procedures
§ 4.831 Sanctions.
