Asking for more time, properly.
Time is the cheapest advantage available to a respondent, and it is the one most consistently left on the table.
What the rule allows.
A grievance process must have reasonably prompt timeframes, and it may include temporary delays or limited extensions of time for good cause, with written notice to both parties of the delay and the reasons for it. The rule gives examples: concurrent law enforcement activity, the unavailability of a party, witness or advisor, and the need for language assistance or disability accommodation.
Why asking matters more than the answer.
A written request creates three things regardless of outcome. If granted, the additional time is real. If refused, the refusal is documented with a date and a stated reason, which becomes procedural material where the compression affected preparation. And either way the file shows a respondent engaging with the process properly rather than delaying it.
The two windows worth extending.
The evidence review period and the report review period. Both are ten-day minimums, both produce the most leveraged documents in the process, and both are frequently squeezed by a production that arrived late or ran to hundreds of pages. An extension request citing the volume of the production, filed within a day of receiving it, is difficult to refuse.
What makes a request fail.
Vagueness and timing. A general assertion that more time is needed, made close to a deadline, reads as avoidance. A specific request identifying the fact that makes the current period insufficient, proposing a defined number of days, offering to continue with other steps meanwhile, and filed early, reads as diligence - and is granted at a materially higher rate.
Why you should call us.
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