Section R. 792.10304 - Contested case docket; docket numbers; notice to parties of docketing a case; commencement of contested case proceeding; no progress docketRule 304.
(1) The hearing system office shall maintain a docket of all pending petitions.(2) A case docket number shall be assigned to all petitions. The number shall correspond, if possible, to the permit, application, or document number used by the department in the matter that is the subject of the petition. Parties shall include the docket number and petitioner's name on the first page of all pleadings or correspondence filed in a case.(3) The hearing system shall provide a copy of the petition to the respondent and inform all parties of the docket number at the time of acknowledgment. The acknowledgment is considered notice of the commencement of the contested case proceeding.(4) A no-progress docket shall be maintained by the hearing system. Failure of a petitioner to respond in a timely manner to any directive of the hearing system may result in placing the case on the no progress docket.(5) A party whose case is placed on the no-progress docket shall be given notice and time to show cause why the case should not be dismissed for undue delay. A party shall submit the requisite documents, or otherwise respond to unanswered requests, as part of that partys response to the notice. If a party fails to respond to the notice within 21 days of its date, the case shall be dismissed with prejudice.Mich. Admin. Code R. 792.10304
2015 MR 1, Eff. Jan. 15, 2015