Opinion ID: 539929
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Heading: NJAB's Refusal of a Postponement

Text: 26 A party to an arbitration proceeding conducted pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement ... is not entitled to a postponement merely by requesting one. Painters Local Union # 171, Int'l Bhd. of Painters & Allied Trades v. Williams & Kelly, Inc., 605 F.2d 535, 538 (10th Cir.1979) (using abuse of discretion standard of review); see Ping v. National Educ. Ass'n, 870 F.2d 1369, 1374 (7th Cir.1989). A party must have good cause for requesting a continuance. However, the arbitrary denial of a reasonable request for a postponement may serve as a ground for vacating the award. Kinney, 756 F.2d at 746. 27 Whether Jason's protest letter clearly set forth a request for a postponement is unclear. In any event, Jason does not contend that the procedures used by the NJAB, including the timing of the arbitration hearing, conflicted with those set forth in the standard agreement. Jason agreed to those procedures. Jason cannot now object because the procedures were followed. 28