Rules Suggestions
The Advisory Committees evaluate in the first instance suggestions to amend the Federal Rules.
Name of Individual and/or Organization | Date Received | Committee | Rule or Form | Status |
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Brian T. Fitzpatrick (12-AP-F) | 08/22/2012 | Appellate | Rule 42 | Considered |
Steven Finell, Esq. (Council of Appellate Lawyers) (12-AP-C) | Appellate | Rule 28 and 28.1 | Considered | |
Peter Goldberger (NACDL) (12-AP-B) | 02/14/2012 | Appellate | Form 4 | Considered |
Catherine T. Struve, Reporter (15-AP-B) | 04/09/2015 | Appellate | Rule 26 | Considered |
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (22-AP-B) | 03/14/2022 | Appellate | Rule 29(a)(2) | Pending consideration |
Alan Morrison (14-AP-A) | Appellate | Rule 29 | Considered | |
Lawyers for Civil Justice (22-AP-C) | 09/01/2022 | Appellate | Rule 26.1 | Pending consideration |
Robert M. Miller (15-AP-A) | 03/09/2015 | Appellate | Availability of ECF for use by Pro Se Litigants | Considered |
Hon. Jennifer A. Dorsey (17-AP-C) | 04/11/2017 | Appellate | Rule 28 | Considered |
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Henry Johnson, Jr. (21-AP-C) | 02/23/2021 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
Sai (19-AP-D) | 07/09/2019 | Appellate | Rule 26 | Considered |
Sai (20-AP-B) | 05/20/2020 | Appellate | Rule 25 | Considered |
Sai (20-AP-D) | 06/20/2020 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking on IFP forms | Pending consideration |
Hon. Michael Chagares (19-AP-E) | 06/03/2019 | Appellate | Proposed Rulemaking on Electronic Filing Deadline | Considered |
Stephen E. Sachs (17-AP-F) | 11/14/2017 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Considered |
Stephen E. Sachs (18-AP-D) | 08/13/2018 | Appellate | Rule 36 | Considered |
Nico Ratkowski (19-AP-A) | 03/13/2019 | Appellate | Rule 26 | Considered |
Betsy Shumaker (16-AP-E) | 09/23/2016 | Appellate | Rules 10, 11, 27, 30 | Considered |
Gregory Sisk (15-AP-F) | 04/13/2015 | Appellate | Recovery of Appellate Docketing Fee after Reversal | Considered |
Catherine M. Riga (17-AP-A) | 03/30/2017 | Appellate | Rules 4 and 27 | Considered |
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Henry Johnson, Jr. (22-AP-A) | 01/07/2022 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
Robert M. Miller (15-AP-H) | 10/26/2015 | Appellate | Electronic Case Filing for Pro Se Litigants | Considered |
Andrew Straw (23-AP-J) | 11/15/2023 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking on rules governing service and PACER access | Pending consideration |
Jonathan Cohen (24-AP-E) | 03/28/2024 | Appellate | Rule 28 | Pending consideration |
Sen. Whitehouse and Rep. Johnson (23-AP-K) | 12/14/2023 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
People United for Privacy Foundation (23-AP-E) | 03/28/2023 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
U.S. Department of Justice (17-AP-H) | 10/14/2017 | Appellate | Rules 10, 11, and 12 | Considered |
Erwin Rosenberg (22-AP-F) | 12/15/2022 | Appellate | Rule 46 | Considered |
Hon. Paul Mannes (08-BK-C) | 04/08/2008 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3003(c)(2) | Considered |
Alan N. Resnick (12-BK-H) | 03/21/2012 | Bankruptcy | New Rule 8018.1 | Considered |