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Rules Comments

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Beginning with the August 2013-14 public comment period, proposed changes to the Federal Rules and Forms have been published on regulations.gov. Review archived changes and comments published after August 2013.

Name of Individual and/or Organization Date Received Committee Rule or Form
Terence P. Noonan, Esq. (06-CR-013) 01/31/2007 Criminal Rule 29
Sally H. Pym on behalf of the Ninth Circuit Judicial Council Pacific Islands Committee (06-CR-001) 09/19/2006 Criminal 41(b)(1)
Douglas Young on behalf of the Committee on Federal Criminal Procedure, American College of Trial Lawyers (06-CR-012) 01/25/2007 Criminal Rule 29
Wendy J. Murphy (06-CR-011) 01/24/2007 Criminal Rule 17
Peter Goldberger on behalf of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (06-CR-010) 12/27/2006 Criminal Rule 29; CVRA
Professor Douglas E. Beloof, of Lewis & Clark Law School (06-CR-009) 12/21/2006 Criminal CVRA
Hon. James F. Holderman (06-CR-008) 12/22/2006 Criminal Rule 29
Honorable Barry M. Kurren (Federal Magistrate Judges Association) (10-CR-002) 02/08/2011 Criminal 5(c), 5(d), 58(b), and 37
Federal Magistrate Judges Association (Judge Aaron E. Goodstein, Pres., FMJA, & Judge Barry M. Kurren, Chair, Rules Committee) (04-CR-002) 02/03/2005 Criminal 5, 32.1, 40, 41, 58
Frank W. Dunham, Jr., Federal Public Defender (04-CR-001) 12/06/2004 Criminal 5
Alina Das (NYU Immigrant Rights Clinic) (11-CR-011) 02/29/2012 Criminal Rule 11
Peter Goldberger, Esq. (NACDL) (11-CR-010) 02/15/2012 Criminal Rule 12
Peter Goldberger, Esq. (NACDL) (11-CR-009) 02/15/2012 Criminal Rule 11
Michael S. Nachmanoff, Esq. (Federal Public Defender) (11-CR-008) 02/15/2012 Criminal Rule 12
Audrey Strauss, Esq. and Jeremy H. Temkin, Esq. (NYCDL) (11-CR-007) 02/15/2012 Criminal Rule 12
Dawn Siebert, Esq. (IDP) (11-CR-006) 02/14/2012 Criminal Rule 11
Sejal Zota, Esq. (NIPLG) (11-CR-005) 02/14/2012 Criminal Rule 11
Hon. Malachy E. Mannion (FMJA) (11-CR-004) 02/14/2012 Criminal Rules 11 and 12
Hon. Lanny A. Breuer (11-CR-003) 02/13/2012 Criminal Rule 12
Jack Schisler, Esq. (11-CR-002) 02/14/2012 Criminal Rule 11
Hon. Hayden Head (11-CR-001) 01/31/2012 Criminal Rule 11
Gene Vorobyov (07-CR-005) 01/16/2008 Criminal 2254 of Rule 11
Peter Goldberger (National Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers) (10-CR-001) 02/15/2011 Criminal 5(c), 5(d), 58(b), and 37
Jordan Center for Criminal Justice and Penal Reform (Jordan) (07-CR-016) 02/25/2008 Criminal AP Rule 29, CV Rule 15, CR Rule 41, § 2254 and 2255 of Rule 11
USDOJ Office of Deputy Attorney General (Morford) (07-CR-015) 02/15/2008 Criminal Time-Computation Amendments
FDIC Litigation Branch (Osterman) (07-CR-014) 02/15/2008 Criminal Time-Computation Amendments
Public Interest Litigation Group (Luby) (07-CR-013) 02/15/2008 Criminal 2254 of Rule 11
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Coakley) (07-CR-012) 02/14/2008 Criminal 22(b), § 2254 and 2255 of Rule 11
Robert M. Steptoe, Jr. (07-CR-011) 02/12/2008 Criminal 15(a), Time-Computation Amendments
Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Tennessee (Bottei) (07-CR-010) 02/07/2008 Criminal 2254 of Rule 11