Civil Rules Suggestions

12-CV

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

12-CV-A

Petition by Russell Alexander

3/14/12

Rule 4

Pending consideration

12-CV-B

Hon. John McBryde

4/6/12

Rule 15

Pending consideration

11-CV

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

11-CV-A

Gregg R. Zegarelli, Esq.

05/13/11

Rule 55(b)

Pending consideration

11-CV-B

Daniel DeWit

08/25/11

Civil Rule 33 (Interrogatories)

Pending consideration

11-CV-C

James Polt

08/23/11

Civil Rule 26(f)

Pending consideration

11-CV-D

Lawyers for Civil Justice (Barry H. Bauman, Esq.)

08/18/11

Discovery Rules

Pending consideration

11-CV-E

Barry H. Bauman, Esq. for himself, and on behalf of Lawyers for Civil Justice, the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, the International Association of Defense Counsel and DRI - Voice of the Defense Bar

10/31/11

Discovery Rules

Pending consideration

11-CV-F

Joseph Johnson, Jr.

10/19/11

Civil Rule 11

Pending consideration

11-CV-G

Ariana J. Tadler, Esq. and William P. Butterfield, Esq.

11/06/11

Discovery Rules

Pending consideration

11-CV-H

T. Jones

11/05/11

Commencing an Action, Pleadings

Pending consideration

11-CV-I

John Vail, Esq.

11/03/11

Preservation Rules

Pending consideration

10-CV

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

10-CV-A

Amy M. Smith, Esq.

03/10/10

Rule 37

Pending consideration

10-CV-B

John Vail, Esq.

08/13/10

Rule 23

Pending consideration

10-CV-C

Hon. Virginia Morgan

11/30/10

Rule 41(a)

Pending consideration

10-CV-D

Gregg R. Zegarelli, Esq.

12/8/10

Rule 68

See also suggestions 02-CV-D, 04-CV-H, 06-CV-D

Pending consideration

10-CV-E

Carol Dalenko

1/14/11

Rule 15(a)(1)(B)

Pending consideration

10-CV-F

Carol Dalenko

2/3/11

Rules 15(a)(1) and 12(f)

Pending consideration

10-CV-G

David Swetnam-Burland, Esq. and Stacy O. Stitham, Esq.

2/3/11

Form 18

Pending consideration

09-CV

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

09-CV-A

Professor Paul D. Carrington

04/06/09

Rule 4

Pending consideration

09-CV-B

Mark Estes, Esq.

06/21/09

Electronic Service

Pending consideration

09-CV-C

Original

07-CV-A

William P. Callahan, Esq.

06/25/09

Rule 45

03/10 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda; consolidated into larger Rule 45 reforms

06/11 – Standing Committee approved Rule 45 for publication for public comment

09-CV-D

Hon. Mark R. Kravitz and Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal

12/28/09

Whether 14 Days is sufficient for automatic stay under R. 62(a)

Pending consideration

08-CV

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

08-CV-A

B. Sachau

07/30/08

Rules 30, 33 & 36

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

08-CV-B

Dean Michael Moffit

08/19/08

Pleadings Standards

10/09 – Advisory Committee considered; consolidated into ongoing Twombly & Iqbal study

08-CV-C

Kenneth A. Lazarus, Esq. and Professor Paul Rothstein

10/27/08

Rules 8, 12, 16 & 37

11/08 – Advisory Committee retained on agenda; consolidated into ongoing Twombly & Iqbal study

10/09 – Advisory Committee considered

08-CV-D

Public.Resource.org (Carl Malamud)

10/30/08

Privacy Rules

Pending consideration

08-CV-E

Akua Asamoah

12/05/08

New Form/Form Revision

Pending consideration

07-CV

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC’D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

07-CV-A

Unitel (William P. Callahan, Esq.)

03/08/07

Rule 45

03/10 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

07-CV-B

Kay Sieverding

11/20/07

Electronic Case Filing

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

07-CV-C

Stephen P. Stoltz, Esq.

05/06/08

Rule 6

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

07-CV-D

Professor David J. Sharpe

05/06/08

Admiralty Rules

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

07-CV-E

Christopher Macchiaroli, Esq.

05/14/08

Rule 30

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

07-CV-F

Hon. Vaughn R. Walker

08/15/08

Electronic Attachments

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

06-CV

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

06-CV-A

Unrecorded

01/06/06

Authorize
Service by
Third-Party Commercial Carriers

1/06 – Time Computation Subcommittee considered

06-CV-B

Public Citizen Litigation Group (Paul A. Levy, Esq.)

03/17/06

Electronic Acknowl. of Service

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

06-CV-C

Hon. Joel M. Flaum

06/19/06

Sealed Cases

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

06-CV-D

MacKechnie

07/24/06

Rule 68

See also suggestions 02-CV-D, 04-CV-H, 06-CV-D

10/02 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

11/07 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

06-CV-E

Daniel C. Girard, Esq.

07/28/06

Rule 23 – Fixed time limit for filing motions

09/06 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

06-CV-F

Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal

08/25/06

Rule 5

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

06-CV-G

Hon. William R. Wilson, Jr.

11/09/06

Discovery Rules

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

06-CV-H

Gregory K. Arenson, Esq.

12/07/06

Rule 45

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

05-CV

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

05-CV-A

Professor Jeffrey A. Parness

01/10/05

Rule 16

04/06 – Advisory Committee considered

05-CV-B

John D. Gleissner

01/26/05

Rule 26

10/05 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

05-CV-C

George Brent Mickum IV, Esq.

06/01/05

Rule 26

5/06  - Advisory Committee considered

4/08   - Advisory Committee approved for submission to Standing Committee

06/08 – Standing Committee approved for publication for public comment

08/08 – Published for public comment

02/09 – Advisory Committee considered

04/09 – Advisory Committee approved for submission to Standing Committee

06/09 – Standing Committee approved for submission to Judicial Conference

09/09 – Judicial Conference approved for submission to Supreme Court

04/10 – Supreme Court promulgated

05-CV-D

Hon. Loretta A. Preska

05/31/05

Rule 45

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda; consolidated into larger Rule 45 reforms

06/11 – Standing Committee approved Rule 45 for publication for public comment

05-CV-E

Hon. Sandra S. Beckwith

07/13/05

Rule 56 – Discretion in ruling on motions for summary judgment

02/09 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda for Subcommittee drafting

04/09 – Advisory Committee considered and approved for submission to Standing Committee

06/09 – Standing Committee approved for submission to Judicial Conference

09/09 – Judicial Conference approved for submission to Supreme Court

04/10 – Supreme Court promulgated

05-CV-F

John L. Runft, Esq.

08/05/05

Motions in Limine

10/05 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

05-CV-G

Committee on Federal Procedure of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association (Gregory K. Arenson, Esq.)

09/26/05

Rule 45

See also suggestion 09-CV-C

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

03/10 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda; consolidated into larger Rule 45 reforms

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

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

05-CV-H

Committee on Federal Procedure of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association (Gregory K. Arenson, Esq.)

11/22/05

Rule 45

05-CV-I

Professor Patrick J. Schiltz

12/010/05

Rule 5

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04-CV

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

04-CV-A

David R. Fine, Esq.

01/15/04

Rules 5 & 6

10/05 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

04-CV-B

Committee on Federal Procedure of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association (Gregory K. Arenson, Esq.)

03/01/04

Rule 30

10/05 – Advisory Committee considered

5/06 - Advisory Committee considered

9/06 - Advisory Committee declined to take action

04-CV-C

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04-CV-D

Hon. William R. Wilson, Jr.

02/24/04

Discovery Rules

10/05 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

04-CV-E

Hon. Christopher M. Klein

04/07/04

Rule 8

10/05 - Advisory Committee approved in principle for submission to Standing Committee

01/06   - Standing Committee approved and deferred publication pending submission of other proposals to be published for comment

08/07 - Published for public comment

04/08 - Advisory Committee deferred for further consideration

04-CV-F

Hon. James T. Trimble, Jr.

04/07/04

Rule 48

10/05 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

04-CV-G

Committee on Court Administration and Case Management of the Judicial Conference of the United States (Hon. John W. Lungstrum)

08/02/04

Rule 5(e)

11/04 – Published for public comment

04/05 – Advisory Committee approved for submission to Standing Committee

06/05 – Standing Committee approved for submission to the Judicial Conference

09/05 – Judicial Conference approved for submission to the Supreme Court

04/06 – Supreme Court promulgated

04-CV-H

Hon. Christina A. Snyder

08/02/04

Rule 68

See also suggestions 02-CV-D, 04-CV-H, 06-CV-D

10/02 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

11/07 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04-CV-I

Hon. Larry Baerman

11/29/04

Rule 7.1 & CM/ECF

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and deferred action but retained on agenda

04-CV-J

Hon. Paul D. Borman

12/27/04

High-Low Agreements

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

03-CV

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

03-CV-A

Committee on Federal Procedure of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association (Gregory K. Arenson, Esq.)

03/04/03

Rule 50(b)

5/03 – Advisory Committee considered

10/03 – Advisory Committee considered

4/04 - Advisory Committee approved for submission to Standing Committee

6/04 - Standing Committee approved for publication for public comment

8/04 - Published for public comment

4/05 – Advisory Committee approved for submission to Standing Committee

6/05 - Standing Committee approved for submission to Judicial Conference

9/05 - Judicial Conference approved for submission to Supreme Court

04/06 – Supreme Court promulgated

03-CV-B

Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, California (Hon. A. Wallace Tashima)

05/08/03

Rule 68

See also suggestions 02-CV-D, 04-CV-H, 06-CV-D

10/02 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

11/07 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

03-CV-C

Irwin H. Warren, Esq.

06/26/03

Rules 6 & 62

04/04 – Advisory Committee considered and approved for submission to Standing Committee

06/04 - Standing Committee approved for submission to Judicial Conference

09/04 - Judicial Conference approved for submission to Supreme Court

04/05 – Supreme Court promulgated

03-CV-D

William S. Karn

07/31/03

Rule 23

10/05 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

03-CV-E

Craig C. Reilly, Esq.

08/06.03

Rules 54 & 72

11/08 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

03-CV-F

Jeremy A. Colby

08/26/03

Rule 4

Pending consideration

02-CV

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

02-CV-A

Tracey Ellis

Multiple Doc.

Minority Litigant  Cases

05/02 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

02-CV-B

Hon. Jane J. Boyle

02/20/02

Rule 54

05/02 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

02-CV-C

James A. Andrews

04/08/02

Court Filing Fee Procedures

10/05 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

02-CV-D

Committee on Federal Procedure of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association (Gregory K. Arenson, Esq.)

05/07/02

Rule 68

See also suggestions 02-CV-D, 04-CV-H, 06-CV-D

10/02 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

11/07 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

02-CV-E

New Hampshire State Civil Division (Nancy J. Smith, Esq.)

06/24/02

Rule 8(a)(2)

10/05 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

02-CV-F

02-CV-F (Addndm)

Professor Bradley Scott Shannon

06/10/02

(01/14/03)

Civil Rules and Forms

10/02 - Referred to Style Consultant

4/04 - Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action           

10/05 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

02-CV-G

Hon. Joseph E. Irenas

07/31/02

De Bene Esse Depositions

10/02 – Advisory Committee solicited input of Evidence Rules Committee

10/05 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

02-CV-H

Frank Amador, Esq.

09/19/02

Cross-State Attorney Admission

10/05 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

02-CV-I

Conan L. Hom

10/02/02

Style/ Language Simplification

05/03 – Advisory Committee considered and approved for submission to Standing Committee restyled Civil Rules 1-15

6/03 -Standing Committee approved for publication for public comment.  Publication to be deferred

10/03 – Advisory Committee considered and approved for submission to Standing Committee restyled Civil Rules 16-25 and 26-37 and 45

4/04 - Advisory Committee considered and approved for submission to Standing Committee restyled Civil Rules 38-63

6/04 -Standing Committee approved for publication for public comment

1/05 -Standing Committee approved for publication for public comment

2/05 -Published for public comment

5/06 – Advisory Committee approved for submission to Standing Committee

6/06 -Standing Committee approved for submission to Judicial Conference

9/06 - Judicial Conference approved for submission to Supreme Court

4/07 - Supreme Court promulgated

02-CV-J

Hon. D. Brock Hornby

10/29/02

Rule 12(f)

10/05 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

01-CV

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

01-CV-A

Jacques Pierre Ward

01/08/01

Specify page limits for motions

01/02 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

01-CV-B

The Maritime Law Association of the United States (William R. Dorsey)

06/15/01

Admiralty Rule B

11/01 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

10/02 – Advisory Committee approved for submission to Standing Committee

1/03 - Standing Committee approved for publication for public comment

8/03 - Published for public comment

4/04 – Advisory Committee approved for submission to Standing Committee

6/04 - Standing Committee approved for submission to Judicial Conference

9/04 - Judicial Conference approved for submission to Supreme Court

4/05 - Supreme Court promulgated

01-CV-C

Professor Martha L. Minow

10/11/01

Rule 15(c)(3)

01/02 – Advisory Committee considered

10/02 – Advisory Committee considered

10/03 – Advisory Committee considered and created a subcommittee to study the problem

05/06 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take further action

00-CV

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

00-CV-A

J. Michael Schaefer, Esq.

01/24/00

Civil Rules

10/05 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

00-CV-B

State of California Department of Justice (Assistant Attorney General Dennis W. Dawson for Hon. Bill Lockyear, Attorney General)

03/29/00

Rule 23

04/00 – Advisory Committee referred to Class Action Subcommittee

10/00 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/01 – Advisory Committee considered when drafting revisions to Rule 23(e) but declined to incorporate into the amendment; approved for submission to Standing Committee

6/01  - Standing Committee approved for publication for public comment

8/01 - Published for public comment

10/01 -Committee considered

1/02  - Committee considered

5/02 -Committee approved 

6/02 -Standing Committee approved

6/02 - Devlin v. Scardelletti, 122 S.Ct. 2005         (6/10/02), resolved issue

00-CV-C

Alcan Aluminum Corporation (Lawrence A. Salibra, II, Esq.)

06/05/00

Rule 5

10/05 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

00-CV-D

Tom Scherer

06/26/00

Manipulation of Bar Codes in Mailing

10/05 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

00-CV-E

Committee on Federal Procedure of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association (Gregory K. Arenson, Esq.)

08/07/00

Rule 26

10/05 – Advisory Committee considered

5/06 - Advisory Committee considered

4/08 - Advisory Committee approved for submission to Standing Committee

06/08 – Standing Committee approved for publication for public comment

08/08 – Published for public comment

02/09 – Advisory Committee considered

04/09 – Advisory Committee approved for submission to Standing Committee

06/09 – Standing Committee approved for submission to Judicial Conference

09/09 – Judicial Conference approved for submission to Supreme Court

04/10 – Supreme Court promulgated

00-CV-F

Hon. Morton Denlow

08/08/00

Option for Summary Bench Trials

10/00 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

00-CV-G

Hon. Barbara B. Crabb

10/05/00

Rule 5.1

(Appellate Rule 44)

01/02 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

10/02 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

05/03 – Advisory Committee considered and approved for submission to the Standing Committee

06/03 – Standing Committee approved for publication for public comment

08/03 - Published for public comment

04/04 – Advisory Committee considered and deferred action

01/05 - Standing Committee approved for submission to the Judicial Conference

03/05 - Judicial Conference approved for submission to the Supreme Court

04/06 – Supreme Court promulgated

00-CV-H

Roy H. Wepner, Esq.

11/30/00

Rule 6

05/02 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

10/02 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

05/03 – Advisory Committee considered and approved for submission to Standing Committee

06/03 - Standing Committee approved for

Publication for public comment

08/03 - Published for public comment

04/04 – Advisory Committee considered and approved for submission to Standing Committee

06/04 - Standing Committee approved for submission to Judicial Conference

09/04 - Judicial Conference approved for submission to Supreme Court

04/05 - Supreme Court promulgated

00-CV-I

Professor Stephen D. Easton

12/04/00

Rule 26

See also suggestion 00-CV-E

10/05 – Advisory Committee considered

5/06  - Advisory Committee considered

4/08   - Advisory Committee approved for submission to Standing Committee

06/08 – Standing Committee approved for publication for public comment

08/08 – Published for public comment

02/09 – Advisory Committee considered

04/09 – Advisory Committee approved for submission to Standing Committee

06/09 – Standing Committee approved for submission to Judicial Conference

09/09 – Judicial Conference approved for submission to Supreme Court

04/10 – Supreme Court promulgated