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2012 CRIMINAL RULES SUGGESTIONS CHART

12-CR

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

12-CR-A

Hon. Christina Reiss

2/14/12

Rule 16(a)

Pending consideration

 

2011 CRIMINAL RULES SUGGESTIONS CHART

11-CR

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

11-CR-A

Professor Carrie Leonetti

06/13/11

To allow defenders to move for summary judgment

Pending consideration

11-CR-B

Hon. Robert E. Jones

07/06/11

Cost-containment Efforts of the Judiciary

Pending consideration

11-CR-C

Hon. Eric H. Holder, Jr.

10/20/11

Rule 6(e) (amendment regarding historically significant grand jury material)

Suggestion acknowledged on 10/21/11; pending consideration by Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules

11-CR-D

Allison M. Zieve, Esq. ( Public Citizen Litigation Group)

12/15/11

Rule 6(e)

Pending consideration

 

2010 CRIMINAL RULES SUGGESTIONS CHART

10-CR

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

10-CR-A

Department of Justice (Hon. Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General)

02/26/10

Rules 5 and 58

04/10 – Advisory Committee considered and approved for submission to Standing Committee

06/10 – Standing Committee approved for publication for public comment

04/11 – Advisory Committee approved as published for submission to the Standing Committee

06/11 – Standing Committee approved for submission to the Judicial Conference

10-CR-B

Hon. Harvey Schlesinger

6/8/10

Rule 17(a)

Pending consideration

10-CR-C

Eric DeLeon

6/24/10

Rule 6

Pending consideration

 

2009 CRIMINAL RULES SUGGESTIONS CHART

09-CR

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

09-CR-A

Hon. Emmet G. Sullivan

04/28/09

Rule 16

10/09 – Advisory Committee considered and recommitted issue to Rule 16 subcommittee

04/10 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

09/10 – Advisory Committee considered and recommitted to Rule 16 subcommittee

04/11 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take further action

09-CR-B

Enoc Mendez

06/02/09

Rule 12

10/09 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

09-CR-C

Sharon Bush Ellison

11/24/09

Rules 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

 

04/10 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

 

2008 CRIMINAL RULES SUGGESTIONS CHART

08-CR

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

08-CR-A

Judicial Conference Committee on Criminal Law (Hon. Julie E. Carnes)

06/24/08

Rule 41

10/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/09 – Advisory Committee considered and deferred pending study by the AO

 

2007 CRIMINAL RULES SUGGESTIONS CHART

07-CR

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC’D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

07-CR-A

Hon. Robert B. Collings

04/24/07

Rule 32

04/08 – Advisory Committee considered and approved for submission to the Standing Committee

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

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

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

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

04/10 – Supreme Court promulgated

07-CR-B

Magistrate Judges of the Eastern District of New York (Hon. Steven M. Gold)

10/17/07

Rule 4

Rule 41

10/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

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

06/09 – Standing Committee approved for publication for public comment

04/10 – Advisory Committee approved for submission to Standing Committee

06/10 – Standing Committee approved for submission to Judicial Conference

09/10 – Judicial Conference approved for submission to the Supreme Court

04/11 – Supreme Court promulgated

07-CR-C

Kelly D. Warfield

10/29/07

AEDPA Statute of Limitations

04/08 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

07-CR-D

Stephen P. Stoltz

05/06/07

Rule 45

Pending consideration

07-CR-E

Hon. Jack B. Weinstein

06/03/07

Rule 11

10/08 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

 

2006 CRIMINAL RULES SUGGESTIONS CHART

06-CR

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

06-CR-A

United States Department of Justice (Benton J. Campbell)

01/05/06

Rule Consistency with AEDPA

Rule 11

04/06 – Advisory Committee appointed a subcommittee for study

10/06 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda for further subcommittee study

04/07 – Advisory Committee considered and approved proposed amendments to Rule 11 for submission to the Standing Committee but did not approve proposed new Rule 37

06/07 – Standing Committee approved proposed amendments to 11(a) for publication for public comment and deferred publication of 11(b)

04/08 – Advisory Committee considered and approved 11(a) and 11(b) for submission to the Standing Committee for republication as revised

06/08 – Standing Committee approved for submission to Judicial Conference

09/08 – Judicial Conference approved for submission to Supreme Court

03/09 – Supreme Court promulgated

06-CR-B

United States Department of Justice (Benton J. Campbell)

01/05/06

Rule 12

04/06 – Advisory Committee considered and tabled the suggestion until October 2006

10/06 – Advisory Committee tabled pending resolution of United States v. Resendiz-Ponce

04/07 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

10/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

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

06/09 – Standing Committee declined for publication and remanded to Advisory Committee for further consideration

10/09 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/10 – Advisory Committee considered and recommitted to Rule 12 subcommittee for further consideration

09/10 – Advisory Committee considered, modified, and approved for submission to the Standing Committee  for republication

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

06-CR-C

United States Department of Justice (Benton J. Campbell)

01/05/06

Rule 7 & 32.2

04/06 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda for further subcommittee study

10/06 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda for further subcommittee study

04/07 – Advisory Committee considered and approved for submission to Standing Committee

06/07 – Standing Committee approved for publication for public comment

04/08 – Advisory Committee considered, revised, and approved for submission to the Standing Committee

06/08 – Standing Committee approved for submission to the Judicial Conference

09/08 – Judicial Conference approved for submission to Supreme Court

03/09 – Supreme Court promulgated

06-CR-D

United States Department of Justice (Benton J. Campbell)

01/05/06

Rule 41(b)

04/06 – Advisory Committee considered and approved for submission to Standing Committee

06/06 – Standing Committee considered and approved for publication for public comment

04/07 – Advisory Committee considered and approved for submission to Standing Committee with the bracketed exclusion of American Samoa (See suggestion 06-CR-G)

06/07 – Standing Committee approved for submission to the Judicial Conference

09/07 – Judicial Conference approved for submission to the Supreme Court

04/08 – Supreme Court promulgated

06-CR-E

Hon. Joel M. Flaum

06/19/06

Sealed Cases

10/06 – Referred to Committee on Court Administration and Case Management

06-CR-F

Hon. Anthony J. Battaglia

08/15/06

Rule 32.1 & 46

10/06 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/07 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/08 – Advisory Committee considered and deferred action for further study

10/07 – Advisory Committee considered and approved for submission to Standing Committee

06/08 – Standing Committee considered and approved for publication

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

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

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

04/10 – Supreme Court promulgated

06-CR-G

Ninth Circuit Judicial Council Pacific Islands Committee (Sally Pym)

09/19/06

Rule 41

See Suggestion 06-CR-D

06-CR-H

Federal Defender Sentencing Guideline Committee (Jon M. Sands)

10/24/06

Rule 32(h)

10/08 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda for further study

04/09 – Advisory Committee considered and deferred consideration indefinitely due to lack of consensus

10/09 – Advisory Committee considered and deferred indefinitely pending developing federal sentencing law

 

2005 CRIMINAL RULES SUGGESTIONS CHART

05-CR

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

05-CR-A

05-CR-A (Addndm)

Professor Linda A. Malone

03/03/05

Rules 4 & 5 (Vienna Convention)

04/05 – Advisory Committee considered and tabled until next meeting

10/05 – Advisory Committee considered and tabled indefinitely

See suggestion 10-CR-A

05-CR-B

James E. Felman

02/05

Rules 16 & 32

04/05 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

05-CR-C

Hon. James F. McClure, Jr.

12/16/04

Rule 10 Arraignment Procedures

04/05 – Advisory Committee considered and tabled until next meeting

10/05 – Advisory committee considered and tabled indefinitely

04/08 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

05-CR-D

Hon. Paul G. Cassell

03/05

Rule Consistency with the Crime Victims Rights Act

04/05 – Advisory Committee considered and appointed subcommittee for study

10/05 – Advisory Committee considered and approved for submission to the Standing Committee pending stylistic revisions

01/06 – Standing Committee approved for publication for public comment

04/07 – Advisory Committee considered, modified, and approved for submission to the Standing Committee

06/07 – Standing Committee approved for submission to Judicial Conference

09/07 – Judicial Conference approved for submission to Supreme Court

04/08 – Supreme Court promulgated

05-CR-E

Gregory G. Skordas

06/22/05

Rule 17 (Crime Victims Rights Act)

05-CR-F

Hon. Michael M. Baylson

11/02/05

AEDPA/Habeas Petitions

See Suggestion 06-CR-A

04/08 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

 

2004 CRIMINAL RULES SUGGESTIONS CHART

04-CR

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

04-CR-A

Hon. Robert B. Collings

03/17/04

Rule 16

05/04 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

04-CR-B

Hon. James T. Trimble, Jr.

04/07/04

Rules 6 & 31

05/04 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

04-CR-C

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

08/02/04

CM/ECF – Mandatory Electronic Filing

10/04 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

 

2003 CRIMINAL RULES SUGGESTIONS CHART

03-CR

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

03-CR-A

Hon. Robert B. Collings

01/24/03

Rule 40

10/03 - Advisory Committee considered and designated a subcommittee for study

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

06/04 – Standing Committee approved for publication for public comment

04/05 – Advisory Committee approved for submission to the 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

03-CR-B

Hon. William F. Sanderson, Jr.

03/04/03

Rule 32.1

04/03 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

10/03 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

05/04 – Advisory Committee considered and approved for submission to the Standing Committee

06/04 – Standing Committee considered and approved for publication for public comment

04/05 – Advisory Committee considered and approved for submission to the Standing Committee

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

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

04/06 – Supreme Court promulgated

03-CR-C

Carl E. Person

04/01/03

Plea Bargaining

04/08 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

03-CR-D

Hon. B. Janice Ellington

07/24/03

Rule 41

10/03 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

03-CR-E

Hon. Gregory W. Carman

10/27/03

Rule 32

05/04 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

03-CR-F

Steve Allen

11/05/03

Habeas Corpus Rule 9

04/08 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

03-CR-G

Hon. David D. Dowd, Jr.

11/26/03

Rule 11

05/04 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

 

2002 CRIMINAL RULES SUGGESTIONS CHART

02-CR

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

02-CR-A

Hon. D. Brock Hornby

03/15/02

Rule 32

04/02 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

02-CR-B

Hon. Paul L. Friedman

04/02/02

Rules 29, 33 & 34

04/03 – Advisory Committee considered  and approved for submission to Standing Committee

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

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

06/04 – Standing Committee considered and approved for submission to Judicial Conference

09/04 – Judicial Conference considered and approved for submission to the Supreme Court

04/05 – Supreme Court promulgated

02-CR-C

Hon. David D. Dowd, Jr.

06/05/02

Rule 11

10/03 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

02-CR-D

Hon. Ed Carnes

04/15/02

Rule 32

09/02 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

04/03 – Advisory Committee considered and approved for submission to Standing Committee

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

05/04 – Advisory Committee 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

 

2001 CRIMINAL RULES SUGGESTIONS CHART

01-CR

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

01-CR-A

Hon. Bernard Zimmerman

01/29/01

Rule 4

10/03 – Advisory Committee considered and designated a subcommittee for study

05/04 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

01-CR-B

American Bar Association Governmental Affairs Office (Robert D. Evans)

03/02/01

Rule 6 & 35

10/03 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

01-CR-C

Richard J. Douglas

04/06/01

Rule 11

04/03 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda

10/03 – Advisory Committee reconsidered and declined to take action

10/09 – Advisory Committee reconsidered and deferred pending a decision in Padilla v. Kentucky

04/10 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda, pending discussion of Rule 11 Subcommittee

09/10 – Advisory Committee considered approved for submission to Standing Committee

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

01-CR-D

Carl E. Person

06/28/01

Rule 16

04/02 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

 

2000 CRIMINAL RULES SUGGESTIONS CHART

00-CR

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION

DATE REC'D

RULE OR FORM

STATUS

00-CR-A

7th Circuit Court of Appeals (Gino G. Agnello)

04/11/00

Rule 32

10/03 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

00-CR-B

Congressman Jim Gibbons for Thomas Krummer

03/21/00

Rule 7

10/03 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

00-CR-C

Robert L. Byer and David R. Fine

08/15/00

Criminal Rules and Forms (AEDPA)

04/01 – Advisory Committee considered and deferred pending subcommittee work

04/02 – Advisory Committee considered and approved recommendation

00-CR-D

Jeremy A. Bell

11/20/00

Rule 23

10/03 – Advisory Committee considered and declined to take action

00-CR-E

Hon. Tommy E. Miller

12/11/00

Rules 42 & 58 (Federal Courts Improvement Act)

04/01 – Advisory Committee considered and approved for submission to Standing Committee as part of a “style package”

06/01 – Standing Committee approved style package for submission to Judicial Conference

09/01 – Judicial Conference approved for submission to the Supreme Court

04/02 – Supreme Court promulgated