REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
Appellants' request for a hearing before the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was dismissed by an administrative law judge because they failed to file in a timely manner a document setting forth their preliminary position. The dismissal was affirmed by the agency's administrator and by the district court. We reverse.
I.
In an administrative proceeding initiated March 27, 1985, the National Oceanic and
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