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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Public.Resource.org (Carl Malamud) (08-CV-D) | 10/30/2008 | Civil | Privacy Rules | Pending consideration |
American Association for Justice (17-CV-G) | 03/22/2017 | Civil | Rule 47 | Pending consideration |
National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees (18-BK-G) | 11/15/2018 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002.1 | Pending consideration |
Hon. Jed S. Rakoff (17-CR-B) | 07/23/2017 | Criminal | Rule 16 | Pending consideration |
American Board of Trial Advocates (17-CV-F) | 03/02/2017 | Civil | Rule 47 | Pending consideration |
Hon. Thomas S. Zilly (18-CV-S) | 05/31/2018 | Civil | Rule 7.1 | Pending consideration |
Maria Pearlmutter (11-EV-A) | 06/23/2011 | Evidence | Exclude physician apologies in medical malpractice cases | Pending consideration |
State Bar of Michigan Committee on United States Courts (16-CV-B) | 03/08/2016 | Civil | Rule 45 | Pending consideration |
Burford Capital LLC (17-CV-XXXXX) | 09/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
Gray Ritter & Graham, PC (17-CV-VVVV) | 08/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Pending consideration |
Robert M. Miller (15-CV-JJ) | 10/26/2015 | Civil | Electronic Case Filing for Pro Se Litigants | Pending consideration |
Maggie Malloy (18-CV-H) | 02/15/2018 | Civil | Rule 73 | Pending consideration |
Christopher Bogart (19-CV-F) | 02/20/2019 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
Alan Morrison (19-CV-B) | 01/22/2019 | Civil | Special Procedural Rules for Social Security Litigation in District Court | Pending consideration |
American Association for Justice (18-CV-D) | 01/17/2018 | Civil | Special Procedural Rules for Social Security Litigation in District Court | Pending consideration |
National Employment Lawyers Association (17-CV-I) | 03/20/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Pending consideration |
Christine Pedigo Bartholomew (15-CV-R) | 04/07/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Pending consideration |
Mark Wray (15-CV-A) | 01/17/2015 | Civil | Rule 81 | Pending consideration |
Glen C. Shults (17-CV-RRRR) | 08/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Pending consideration |
W. Bradley Wendel and Anthony J. Sebok (17-CV-BBBBBB) | 09/27/2017 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
Bentham IMF (17-CV-YYYYY) | 09/06/2017 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
Social Security Administration (17-CV-Q) | 05/26/2017 | Civil | Special Procedural Rules for Social Security Litigation in District Court | Pending consideration |
Hon. Neil Gorsuch and Hon. Susan Graber (16-CV-F) | 06/13/2016 | Civil | Jury Trials in Civil Cases | Pending consideration |
Lawyers for Civil Justice (18-CV-X) | 09/14/2018 | Civil | 7, 20, 23.3 (new), 26(a) | Pending consideration |
American Association for Justice (18-CV-T) | 05/25/2018 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning MDL Cases | Pending consideration |
American Association for Justice (18-CV-B) | 01/17/2018 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
American Bankruptcy Institute’s Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy (18-BK-H) | 11/29/2018 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002.1 | Pending consideration |
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 |
U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (19-CV-H) | 03/26/2019 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
Social Security Administration (18-CV-CC) | 11/29/2018 | Civil | Special Procedural Rules for Social Security Litigation in District Court | Pending consideration |