---
kind: "unit"
title: "39"
title_heading: "Postal Service"
key: "chI/subchN/part955"
level: "part"
label: "Part 955"
heading: "Rules of Practice Before the Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/chI-subchN-part955"
sections_count: 30
---

# Part 955 — Rules of Practice Before the Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals

Title 39 C.F.R. — Postal Service › Chapter I — United States Postal Service › Subchapter N — Procedures

## Sections

- [§955.1. (Rule 1) Jurisdiction, procedure, and service of documents.](/cfr/39/955.1.md)
- [§955.2. (Rule 2) Initiation of appeals.](/cfr/39/955.2.md)
- [§955.3. (Rule 3) Contents of the notice of appeal.](/cfr/39/955.3.md)
- [§955.4. (Rule 4) Appeal file.](/cfr/39/955.4.md)
- [§955.5. (Rule 5) Motions.](/cfr/39/955.5.md)
- [§955.6. (Rule 6) Pleadings.](/cfr/39/955.6.md)
- [§955.7. (Rule 7) Amendments of pleadings or the record.](/cfr/39/955.7.md)
- [§955.8. (Rule 8) Hearing request.](/cfr/39/955.8.md)
- [§955.9. (Rule 9) Prehearing briefs.](/cfr/39/955.9.md)
- [§955.10. (Rule 10) Conferences with the parties.](/cfr/39/955.10.md)
- [§955.11. (Rule 11) Submission without a hearing.](/cfr/39/955.11.md)
- [§955.12. (Rule 12) Optional Small Claims (Expedited) and Accelerated Procedures.](/cfr/39/955.12.md)
- [§955.13. (Rule 13) Settling the record.](/cfr/39/955.13.md)
- [§955.14. (Rule 14) Discovery.](/cfr/39/955.14.md)
- [§955.15. (Rule 15) Interrogatories, requests for admission, and production and inspection of documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things.](/cfr/39/955.15.md)
- [§955.16. (Rule 16) Depositions.](/cfr/39/955.16.md)
- [§955.17. (Rule 17) Hearings.](/cfr/39/955.17.md)
- [§955.18. (Rule 18) Copies of evidence and return of exhibits.](/cfr/39/955.18.md)
- [§955.19. (Rule 19) Posthearing briefs.](/cfr/39/955.19.md)
- [§955.20. (Rule 20) Representation of the parties.](/cfr/39/955.20.md)
- [§955.21. (Rule 21) Withdrawal of attorney.](/cfr/39/955.21.md)
- [§955.22. (Rule 22) Suspension.](/cfr/39/955.22.md)
- [§955.23. (Rule 23) Decisions.](/cfr/39/955.23.md)
- [§955.24. (Rule 24) Motion for reconsideration.](/cfr/39/955.24.md)
- [§955.25. (Rule 25) Indefinite suspension.](/cfr/39/955.25.md)
- [§955.26. (Rule 26) Failure to prosecute.](/cfr/39/955.26.md)
- [§955.27. (Rule 27) Ex parte communications.](/cfr/39/955.27.md)
- [§955.28. (Rule 28) Sanctions.](/cfr/39/955.28.md)
- [§955.29. (Rule 29) Subpoenas.](/cfr/39/955.29.md)
- [§955.30. (Rule 30) Applicability.](/cfr/39/955.30.md)