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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Baker & Hostetler LLP (06-BK-E) | 08/25/2006 | Bankruptcy | Proposed Rule Allowing Increased Yield on Bankruptcy Estate Funds | Considered |
Sai (15-CR-D) | 09/07/2015 | Criminal | Proposed Rule Changes for Fairness to Pro Se and IFP Litigants | Considered |
Sai (15-BK-I) | 09/07/2015 | Bankruptcy | Proposed Rule Changes for Fairness to Pro Se and IFP Litigants | Considered |
Sai (15-AP-E) | 09/07/2015 | Appellate | Proposed Rule Changes for Fairness to Pro Se and IFP Litigants | Considered |
Gerald Gleeson (21-CR-D) | 04/14/2021 | Criminal | Proposed rule permitting plea of guilty by reason of insanity | Considered |
Sai (19-CR-A) | 06/27/2019 | Criminal | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning IFP Qualification | Pending consideration |
Sai (19-CV-Q) | 06/27/2019 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning IFP Qualification | Considered |
Sai (19-AP-C) | 06/27/2019 | Appellate | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning IFP Qualification | Pending consideration |
Lawyers for Civil Justice (17-CV-RRRRR) | 08/10/2017 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning MDL Cases | Pending consideration |
Washington Legal Foundation (17-CV-CCCCCC) | 09/27/2017 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning MDL Cases | Pending consideration |
Brian Devine (19-CV-CC) | 10/21/2019 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning MDL Cases | Pending consideration |
Joint Suggestion from 48 General Counsel (19-CV-AA) | 10/03/2019 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking concerning MDL cases | Pending consideration |
Washington Legal Foundation (19-CV-X) | 09/23/2019 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning MDL Cases | Pending consideration |
American Association for Justice (18-CV-I) | 02/22/2018 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning MDL Cases | Pending consideration |
Lawyers for Civil Justice (18-CV-J) | 04/06/2018 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning MDL Cases | Pending consideration |
Brian Devine (19-CV-P) | 06/25/2019 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning MDL Cases | Pending consideration |
American Association for Justice (18-CV-T) | 05/25/2018 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning MDL Cases | Pending consideration |
Zachary Clopton (18-CV-Y) | 10/26/2018 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning MDL Cases | Pending consideration |
John H. Beisner (18-CV-BB) | 11/21/2018 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning MDL Cases | Pending consideration |
Nora Freeman Engstrom (19-CV-C) | 01/22/2019 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning MDL Cases | Pending consideration |
Fred Wilcon (19-CV-II) | 12/24/2019 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Subpoenas | Considered |
Lawyers for Civil Justice (20-CV-AA) | 09/09/2020 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking for multidistrict litigation | Pending consideration |
Joseph Sanderson (19-BK-L) | 10/30/2019 | Bankruptcy | Proposed Rulemaking in Electronic Filing Deadline; Supplements 19-BK-H | Considered |
Erin Murphy (24-EV-G) | 04/19/2024 | Evidence | Proposed rulemaking on admissibility of evidence of an alleged victim's prior false accusations | Pending consideration |
Howard Bashman (23-AP-F) | 05/08/2023 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking on adopting a nationwide filing deadline | Considered |
Akiva Shapiro, Lee R. Crain, and Amanda LeSavage (21-CV-F) | 03/17/2021 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on amicus filings | Considered |
Creditor Rights Coalition (24-BK-B) | 01/19/2024 | Bankruptcy | Proposed rulemaking on bankruptcy case assignments | Pending consideration |
Prof. Amanda Shanor and the Brennan Center for Justice (23-CV-U) | 09/01/2023 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on civil case assignments | Pending consideration |
U.S. Department of Justice (23-CV-DD) | 12/21/2023 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on civil case assignments | Pending consideration |
Brennan Center for Justice (24-CV-I) | 04/05/2024 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on civil case assignments | Pending consideration |