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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Public Citizen Litigation Group (20-CR-B) | 03/02/2020 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Pending consideration |
Beverly Peet (20-CV-Q) | 08/03/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Henry Johnson, Jr. (21-AP-C) | 02/23/2021 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
Lawyers for Civil Justice (20-CV-R) | 08/04/2020 | Civil | Rules 26(b)(5)(a) and 45(e)(2) | Pending consideration |
Thomas O'Toole (20-CV-S) | 08/04/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
Eugene Volokh, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (20-CV-T) | 08/06/2020 | Civil | New Rule 5.3 | Pending consideration |
Sai (21-AP-B) | 02/09/2021 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking on IFP forms | Pending consideration |
Janeth Ramos (20-CV-U) | 08/09/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
Glen C. Shults (17-CV-RRRR) | 08/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Pending consideration |
National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (20-EV-I) | 03/02/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Pending consideration |
Federal Courts Committee, State Bar of California, Litigation Section (17-CV-TTTT) | 08/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Pending consideration |
Cathy Ellis (20-CV-V) | 08/13/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
Gray Ritter & Graham, PC (17-CV-VVVV) | 08/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Pending consideration |
Christine E. Webber (17-CV-WWWW) | 08/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Pending consideration |
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP (17-CV-XXXX) | 08/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Pending consideration |
Jerry Lowe (20-CV-W) | 08/13/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
Fred Wilcon (19-CR-E) | 12/24/2019 | Criminal | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Subpoenas | Pending consideration |
Alvin White Jr. (20-CV-X) | 08/13/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
John Siffert (21-CR-B) | 01/21/2021 | Criminal | Rule 16 | Pending consideration |
John Rabiej (19-CV-HH) | 12/19/2019 | Civil | Rule 16; Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
Zachary Clopton and Andrew Hammond (21-CV-C) | 01/19/2021 | Civil | IFP Petitions | Pending consideration |
Appeal Finality After Consolidation Joint Subcommittee | 03/27/2018 | Civil | 42(a) | Pending consideration |
Greg Patmythes (21-AP-A) | 01/18/2021 | Appellate | Rule 4 and Rule 6 | Pending consideration |
Alan Morrison (20-AP-G) | 12/10/2020 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
Sai (20-AP-E) | 08/24/2020 | Appellate | Rule 3 | Pending consideration |
Lawyers for Civil Justice and the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (20-CV-II) | 12/21/2020 | Civil | Third Party Litigation Funding | Pending consideration |
Shanin Specter (20-CV-HH) | 12/18/2020 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on multidistrict litigation | Pending consideration |
International Association of Defense Counsel (19-CV-EE) | 10/30/2019 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning MDL Cases | Pending consideration |
Joseph Sanderson (19-CV-DD) | 10/30/2019 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking on Electronic Filing Deadline | Pending consideration |
Joseph Sanderson (19-CR-D) | 10/30/2019 | Criminal | Proposed Rulemaking on Electronic Filing Deadline | Pending consideration |