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2012 APPELLATE RULES SUGGESTIONS CHART

12-AP

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

12-AP-A

Deleted and consolidated with
09-AP-B

 


 

 

2011 APPELLATE RULES SUGGESTIONS CHART

11-AP

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

11-AP-A

R. Shawn Gunnarson, Esq. and Alexander Dushku, Esq.

2/17/11

Rule 32(a)(7)(B)(iii)

04/11 – Advisory Committee considered and removed from agenda

11-AP-B

Appellate Rules Committee

4/6/11

Rule 28(a)

10/11 - Advisory Committee discussed and retained on agenda

11-AP-C

Harvey D. Ellis, Jr., Esq.

7/18/11

FRAP 3(d)(1)

Pending consideration

11-AP-D

Hon. Jeffrey S. Sutton

7/00/11

Consider changes to FRAP in light of CM/ECF

10/11 - Advisory Committee discussed and retained on agenda

 

11-AP-E

Roger I. Roots, Esq.

11/14/11

Rule 4

Pending consideration

 

11-AP-F
Original
10-CV-A

Amy M. Smith, Esq.

12/7/11

Consider amendment authorizing discretionary interlocutory appeals from attorney-client privilege rulings

Pending consideration

 

 

2010 APPELLATE RULES SUGGESTIONS CHART

10-AP

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

10-AP-A

Hon. Jeffrey S. Sutton

 

Rule 4(a)(2)

04/10 - Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

10/10 - Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/11 - Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

10/11 – Advisory Committee removed from agenda

10-AP-B

Hon. Jeffrey S. Sutton

3/00/10

Rule 28(a)

04/10 - Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda pending consultation with ABA Council of Appellate Lawyers and American Academy of Appellate Lawyers

10/10 - Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/11 - Advisory Committee considered and approved for submission to the Standing Committee for a vote on public comment

06/11 - Standing Committee voted to publish for public comment

08/11 – Published for comment

10-AP-C

Douglas Letter, Esq.
 

Rule 32

04/10 - Advisory Committee considered and removed from agenda

10-AP-D

Hon. Jeffrey S. Sutton

 

Rule 39

10/10 - Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/11 - Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

10/11 – Advisory Committee discussed and retained on agenda

10-AP-E

Howard Bashman, Esq.

4/00/10

In response to Vanderwerf v. Smithkline

Beecham Corp.

10/10 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/11 – Advisory Committee considered and removed from agenda

10-AP-F

Richard G. Taranto, Esq.

 

In response to Comer v. Murphy Oil USA

10/10 – Advisory Committee considered and removed from agenda

10-AP-G

Douglas Letter, Esq.

 

Intervention on appeal

10/10 – Advisory Committee discussed and retained on agenda

10-AP-H

Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction

 

Appellate review of remand orders

10/10 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

10-AP-I

Paul Alan Levy

11/30/10

Redactions

04/11 - Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

10/11 – Advisory Committee discussed and retained on agenda

 

2009 APPELLATE RULES SUGGESTIONS CHART

09-AP

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

09-AP-A

ABA Council of Appellate Lawyers

 

Rules 26.1 and 29(c)

04/09 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

09-AP-B

Daniel I.S.J Rey-Bear, Esq.

 

Rule 1(b)

04/09 - Advisory Committee discussed and retained on agenda

11/09 - Advisory Committee discussed and retained on agenda

04/10 - Advisory Committee discussed and retained on agenda

10/10 - Advisory Committee discussed and retained on agenda

10/11 - Advisory Committee discussed and retained on agenda

09-AP-C

Bankruptcy Rules Committee

 

 

FRAP amendments in light of project to revise Part VIII
of the Bankruptcy Rules

 

11/09 - Advisory Committee discussed and retained on agenda

04/10 - Advisory Committee discussed and retained on agenda

10/10 - Advisory Committee discussed and retained on agenda

04/11 - Advisory Committee discussed jointly with Bankruptcy Rules Advisory Committee and retained on agenda

10/11 - Advisory Committee discussed and retained on agenda

09-AP-D

John Kester, Esq.

 

 

Response to Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Carpenter

 

04/10 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

10/10 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

 

2008 APPELLATE RULES SUGGESTIONS CHART

08-AP

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

08-AP-A

 

Hon. Mark R. Kravitz

 

Rule 3(d)

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

08-AP-B

 

Hon. Alan D. Lourie

 

Amend FRAP 28.1 concerning word limits in connection with cross-appeals.

04/08 - Advisory Committee considered and removed from agenda

08-AP-C

Hon. Frank H. Easterbrook

 

Rule 26(c)

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

11/09 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda for “wait and see”

08-AP-D

Peder K. Batalden, Esq.

 

Rule 4(a)(4)(B)(ii)

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/09 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

11/09 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

10/10 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/11 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

10/11 - Advisory Committee considered and removed from agenda

08-AP-E

 

Public Citizen Litigation Group

 

Amend FRAP 4(a) so that an original NOA encompasses dispositions of any post-trial motions.

11/08 - Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/09 - Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

11/09 - Advisory Committee considered and removed from agenda

08-AP-F

 

Members of Seventh Circuit Bar Association

 

Amend FRAP 4(a) so that an original NOA encompasses any post-appeal amendments of the judgment.

11/08 - Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/09 - Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

11/09 - Advisory Committee considered and removed from agenda

08-AP-G

Appellate Rules Committee

 

Form 4

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/09 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

11/09 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

10/10 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/11 – Advisory Committee approved draft for submission to Standing Committee

06/11 - Standing Committee approved for publication for public comment

08/11 - Published for comment

08-AP-H

Mark Levy, Esq.

 

Manufactured finality

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/09 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

10/10 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/11 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

08-AP-I

Prof. Daniel Meltzer

 

Consider uses of postjudgment motions

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/09 – Advisory Committee considered and removed from agenda

08-AP-J

Committee on Codes of Conduct

 

Conflict screening

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

08-AP-K

Public.Resource.Org

 

Consider privacy issues relating to alien registration numbers

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/11 - Advisory Committee considered and removed from agenda

 

08-AP-L

Reporter

 

Rule 6(b)(2)(A)(ii)

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

11/09 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

10/10 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/11 – Advisory Committee considered jointly with Bankruptcy Committee and retained on agenda

10/11 - Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

08-AP-M

Reporter

 

Interlocutory appeals in tax cases

Rule 13

Rule 14

Rule 24

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/09 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

11/09 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/10 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

10/10 – Advisory Committee approved draft for submission to Standing Committee

01/11 – Standing Committee approved for publication for public comment

08/11 - Published for comment

08-AP-N

Peder K. Batalden, Esq.

 

Rule 5

04/09 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

 

08-AP-O

Peder K. Batalden, Esq.

 

Amend FRAP 31 to clarify deadlines when multiple appellants or appellees file separate briefs and serve them on different days

04/09 – Advisory Committee considered and removed from agenda

 

08-AP-P

 

Peder K. Batalden, Esq.

 

Rule 32

04/09 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

11/09 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

 

08-AP-Q

Hon. Michael M. Baylson

 

10(b)

04/09 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

10/10 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

 

08-AP-R

Hon. Frank H. Easterbrook

 

26.1 and 29(c)

04/09 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

 

2007 APPELLATE RULES SUGGESTIONS CHART

07-AP

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

07-AP-E

Mark Levy, Esq.

 

Response to Bowles v. Russell

11/07 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

 

04/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

 

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/09 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

11/09 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/10 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/11– Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda for monitoring

07-AP-H

Appellate Rules Committee

 

Response to Warren v. American Bankers Insurance of Florida

04/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

 

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda for monitoring

07-AP-I

Hon. Diane Wood

 

Rule 4(c)(1)

04/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

 

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

 

04/09 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda for monitoring