August 2002 - December 2004 Amendments

August 2002 - December 2004 Amendments (Effective December 1, 2004)

Bankruptcy Rules (pdf):

Rule 1011 (Responsive Pleading or Motion in Involuntary and Ancillary Cases) (technical amendment that deletes cross-reference to Bankruptcy Rule 1004(b)); )

Rule 2002 (Notices to Creditors, Equity Security Holders, United States, and United States Trustee) (technical amendment that sets forth correct mailing address);

Rule 9014 (Contested Matters) (exempts contested matters from the mandatory disclosure provisions of Civil Rule 26); and New 

Official Form 21 (Statement of Social Security Number) (implements proposed amendments to Bankruptcy Rule 1007, by requiring the debtor to submit a verified statement setting forth the full social security number with the clerk) (Will not be sent to Supreme Court.);¹ 

Criminal Rules (pdf):

Rule 35 (Correcting or Reducing a Sentence) (defines "sentencing" to mean the "oral pronouncement of the sentence");

Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Court and Accompanying Form (comprehensive style and substantive revision of the rules and form); and

Rules Governing Section 2255 Proceedings for the United States District Court and Accompanying Form (comprehensive style and substantive revision of the rules and form).

Evidence Rule: (The Supreme Court returned the proposed amendment to Evidence Rule 804 without taking any action.)

Rule 804 (Hearsay Exceptions; Declarant Unavailable) (prosecution must show "particularized guarantees of trustworthiness" when a declaration against penal interest is offered against an accused) (pdf)

Proposed Amendments Published for Comment (Aug. 2002)
(Comment period Aug. 2002 - Feb. 2003)

Amendments Submitted to the Judicial Conference (Sept. 2003)

Amendments Submitted to the Supreme Court (Dec. 2003)

Amendments Submitted to Congress (Apr. 2004)