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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City of Chicago (21-BK-K) | 06/04/2021 | Bankruptcy | Official Form B113 | Considered |
Senators Tillis, Grassley, and Cornyn (21-CV-N) | 06/07/2021 | Civil | Rule 9 | Considered |
Hon. Patricia Barksdale (21-CR-H) | 06/21/2021 | Criminal | Rule 59(b)(2) | Considered |
Giuseppe Ippolito (21-CV-Q) | 07/04/2021 | Civil | Rule 25 | Considered |
Daniel M. Sivilich (21-CV-S) | 07/29/2021 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
National Bankruptcy Conference (21-BK-J) | 05/17/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7001 | Considered |
Hon. Jesse M. Furman (21-CR-I) | 08/12/2021 | Criminal | Rule 49.1 | Considered |
Stephen Brown (21-BK-L) | 08/24/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3011 and proposed rulemaking on unclaimed funds | Considered |
Hon. Jared Bennett (21-CV-X) | 10/13/2021 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
Dana McWay (21-BK-N) | 10/13/2021 | Bankruptcy | Proposed rulemaking on unclaimed funds | Considered |
Center for Regulatory Effectiveness (04-EV-A) | 08/10/2004 | Evidence | Rule 803 (Trustworthy Proviso) | Considered |
John D. Gleissner, Esq. (05-EV-A) | 01/27/2005 | Evidence | Medical Billing/Admission of Evidence and Testimonies | Considered |
Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal for Professor A. Benjamin Spencer (06-EV-A) | Evidence | Civil Rule 26 | Considered | |
Kenneth A. Lazarus, Esq. (08-EV-A) | 12/29/2008 | Evidence | Rules 407, 702, & 707 | Considered |
Professor Sam Stonefield (10-EV-A) | 09/09/2010 | Evidence | Rule 801(d) | Considered |
Peter Goldberger (NACDL) (12-AP-B) | 02/14/2012 | Appellate | Form 4 | Considered |
Steven Finell, Esq. (Council of Appellate Lawyers) (12-AP-C) | Appellate | Rule 28 and 28.1 | Considered | |
Brian T. Fitzpatrick (12-AP-F) | 08/22/2012 | Appellate | Rule 42 | Considered |
Roger I. Roots, J.D., Ph.D. (13-AP-A) | 03/15/2013 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Considered |
Roy T. Englert, Jr., Esq (13-AP-B) | 03/18/2013 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Considered |
Hon. S. Martin Teel, Jr. (13-AP-D) | 02/09/2013 | Appellate | Rules 3 and 6 | Considered |
Honorable Jon O. Newman (14-AP-B) | 01/04/2014 | Appellate | Standard for Appellate Review of Sentencing Errors | Considered |
Margaret Morris (14-AP-C) | 07/01/2014 | Appellate | Consider Rulemaking in Response to Specific Litigation | Considered |
Hon. Jeffrey S. Sutton (10-AP-B) | 03/01/2010 | Appellate | Rule 28(a) | Considered |
Howard Bashman, Esq. (10-AP-E) | 04/01/2010 | Appellate | In response to Vanderwerf v. Smithkline Beecham Corp. | Considered |
Paul Alan Levy (10-AP-I) | 11/30/2010 | Appellate | Redactions | Considered |
R. Shawn Gunnarson, Esq. and Alexander Dushku, Esq. (11-AP-A) | 02/17/2011 | Appellate | Rule 32(a)(7)(B)(iii) | Considered |
Harvey D. Ellis, Jr., Esq. (11-AP-C) | 07/18/2011 | Appellate | FRAP 3(d)(1) | Considered |
Roger I. Roots, Esq. (11-AP-E) | 11/14/2011 | Appellate | Rule 4 | Considered |
Amy M. Smith, Esq. (11-AP-F) | 12/07/2011 | Appellate | Consider amendment authorizing discretionary interlocutory appeals from attorney-client privilege rulings | Considered |