August
2005 - December 2007 Amendments (Effective Dec. 1, 2007)
| Appellate Rule: | 25 |
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| Bankrupty Rules: | 1014, 3007, 4001,
6006, and 7007.1, and proposed new Rules 6003, 9005.1, and 9037 |
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| Civil
Rules: | 4, 5.1,
9, 11, 14, 16, 26, 30, 31, 33, 34, 37, 40, 45, 50, 71.1, and
78; Comprehensive Restyle Civil Rules 1-86; Restyle Illustrative
Civil Forms; and new Civil Rule 5.2 |
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| Criminal
Rules: | 11, 32,
35, 45, and new Rule 49.1. (The Judicial Conference also approved
the recommendation to abrogate the Model Form for Use in 28
U.S.C. § 2254 Cases Involving a Rule 9 Issue in the Appendix
of Forms to the Rules Governing Section 2254 in the United States
Courts.) |
Appellate Rules
Appellate
Rule 25 (Filing and Serving) (addresses privacy and security
concerns arising from electronic case filing) (pdf)
Bankruptcy Rules: Interim Bankruptcy
Rule 1007 (Lists, Schedules, Statements, and Other Documents;
Time Limits) (requires debtor to file Official Form stating
compliance with prepetition credit counseling requirement) (pdf)
Bankruptcy
Rule 1014 (Dismissal and Change of Venue) (allows a court
to initiate a change of venue on its own motion after giving
notice and an opportunity to be heard) (pdf)
Bankruptcy
Rule 3001 (Proof of Claim) (limits the number of pages attached
to a proof of claim and requires copies of writings upon which
claims are base be provided) (PROPOSED AMENDMENT SUBSEQUENTLY
WITHDRAWN BY ADVISORY COMMITTEE) (pdf)
Bankruptcy
Rule 3007 (Objections to Claims) (places restrictions on,
and provides procedures for, omnibus objections to claims) (pdf)
Bankruptcy
Rule 4001 (Relief from Automatic Stay; Prohibiting or Conditioning
the Use, Sale, or Lease of Property; Use of Cash Collateral;
Obtaining Credit; Agreements) (requires a moving party provide
more extensive notice and a summary of the relief requested
when seeking authority to use cash collateral, obtaining debtor-in-possession
financing, or approval of related agreements) (pdf)
Bankruptcy
Rule 6003 (Interim and Final Relief Immediately Following
the Commencement of the Case-Applications for Employment; Motions
for Use, Sale, or Lease of Property; and Motions for Assumption,
Assignments, and Rejections of Executory Contracts) (limits
the type of motion and relief that can be granted during the
first 20 days of a case) (pdf)
Bankruptcy
Rule 6006 (Assumption, Rejection or Assignment of an Executory
Contract or Unexpired Lease) (authorizes use of an omnibus motion
to assume, assign, or reject up to 100 multiple executory contracts
and unexpired leases in a single motion) (pdf)
Bankruptcy
Rule 7007.1 (Corporate Ownership Statement) (clarifies that
a party must file a corporate ownership statement with its initial
paper filed with the court in an adversary proceeding) (pdf)
Bankruptcy
Rule 9005.1 (Constitutional Challenge to a Statute - Notice,
Certification, and Intervention) (applies pending Civil Rule
5.1-dealing with notification requirements involving constitutional
challenges to a statute-to all proceedings in a bankruptcy case) (pdf)
Bankruptcy
Rule 9037 (Privacy Protection for Filings Made with the
Court) (addresses privacy and security concerns arising from
electronic case filing) (pdf)
Civil Rules and Illustrative
Forms
Part 1 - Proposed Style Revision of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - Feb. 2005 Proposed
Style Rules Amendments (pdf)
Part 2 - Proposed Amendments Separate
from Style Revision Project - Feb. 2005
Proposed Civil Rules Amendments Separate from Style Rules (pdf) Civil
Rule 5.2 (Privacy Protection For Filings Made with the
Court) (addresses privacy and security concerns arising from
electronic case filing) (pdf)
Illustrative
Civil Forms (plain-English style revisions to simplify,
clarify, and eliminate ambiguity in the illustrative civil
forms without changing substance) (pdf)
Comparison
Chart (listing each instance where current Civil Rule
was renumbered in restyled Civil Rules) (pdf)
Criminal Rules:
Criminal
Rule 11 (Pleas) (conforms to the Supreme Court's decision
in United States v. Booker by eliminating the court's requirement
to advise a defendant during plea colloquy that it must apply
the Sentencing Guidelines) (pdf)
Criminal
Rule 32 (Sentencing and Judgment) (conforms to the Supreme
Court's decision in United States v. Booker by: (1) clarifying
that the court can instruct the probation office to include
in the presentence report information relevant to factors set
forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a); (2) requiring the court to notify
parties that it is considering imposing a non-guideline sentence
based on factors not identified in the presentence report; and
(3) requiring the ourt to enter judgment on a special form) (pdf)
Criminal
Rule 35 (Correcting or Reducing a Sentence) (conforms to
the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Booker by deleting
subparagraph (B), which is consistent with the Booker holding
that the sentencing guidelines are advisory, rather than mandatory) (pdf)
Criminal
Rule 45 (Computing and Extending Time) (clarifies the computation
of an additional three days when service is made by mail, leaving
with the clerk of court, or electronic means under Civil Rule
5(b)(2)(B), (C), or (D)) (pdf)
Criminal
Rule 49.1 (Privacy Protection For Filings Made with the
Court) (addresses privacy and security concerns arising from
electronic case filing) (pdf)
Amendments Implementing
E-Government Act Comparison Chart
Comparison
Chart (chart comparing proposed new Bankruptcy Rule 9037,
Civil Rule 5.2, and Criminal Rule 49.1) (pdf)