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Rules Comments

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Name of Individual and/or Organization Date Received Committee Rule or Form
Sheldon W. Presser, Esq (03-AP-346) 02/12/2004 Appellate 32.1
Shell Oil Company (G. Edward Pickle, Associate General Counsel and Senior Government Affairs Counsel). Also for the Civil Justice Reform Group. (04-CV-039) 12/10/2004 Civil Electronic Discovery
Shell Oil Company (G. Edward Pickle) (08-CV-065) 11/21/2008 Civil 26 & 56
Shell Oil Company (G. Edward Pickle) (08-CV-110) 01/06/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Shepppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP (Gary L. Bostwick, Esq). (03-AP-356) 02/13/2004 Appellate 32.1
Shereen J. Charlick, Esq. (03-AP-279) 02/05/2004 Appellate 32.1
Sheri Ann Pochat, Esq. (04-CV-134) 01/21/2005 Civil Electronic Discovery
Sheryl Musgrove, Esq. (03-AP-087) 01/06/2004 Appellate 32.1
Shmuel Klein (09-BK-053) 02/10/2010 Bankruptcy Rules 3001 and 3002.1
Social Security Administration (Lisa de Soto, General counsel) (03-AP-491) 02/18/2004 Appellate 32.1
Social Security Administration (Lisa de Soto, General Counsel) (04-CV-232) 02/15/2005 Civil Electronic Discovery
Sondra K. Barbour, Esq. (03-AP-389) 02/14/2004 Appellate 32.1
Sonja Ann Becker (09-BK-107) 02/11/2010 Bankruptcy Rules 3001 and 3002.1
Spriggs & Hollingsworth (Joe G. Hollingsworth, Esq. & Marc S. Mayerson, Esq.) (04-CV-233) 02/15/2005 Civil Electronic Discovery
Staff and Panel Attorneys, Federal Defender Program, Northern District of Illinois (Carol A. Brook, Deputy Director) (03-AP-438) 02/17/2004 Appellate 32.1
Stan Lockhart (09-BK-122) 02/15/2010 Bankruptcy Rules 3001 and 3002.1
Stanley D. Helinski, Esq. (04-CV-125) 02/04/2005 Civil Electronic Discovery
Starbucks Coffee (Lucy Lee Helm, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel & Ed Amdahl, Information Security Manager) (04-CV-241) 02/15/2005 Civil Electronic Discovery
State Bar of California Committee on Appellate Courts (Hoffman) (07-AP-017) 02/15/2008 Appellate Appellate Time-Computation Amendments
State Bar of California Committee on Appellate Courts (John A. Taylor, Jr., Chair) (03-AP-319) 02/10/2004 Appellate 32.1, 4, 28, 32, 34, 28.1, 35
State Bar of California Committee on Federal Courts (Joan Jacobs Levie) (09-CR-007) 02/16/2010 Criminal Rule 4.1
State Bar of California Committee on Federal Courts (Robert J. Schulze, Chair) 2 letters (03-AP-393) 02/14/2004 Appellate 32.1; 4, 26, 45, 27, 28, 28.1, 34, 35
State Bar of California Committee on Federal Courts(Robert J. Schulze, Chair) (03-CV-008) 02/14/2004 Civil 32.1; 4, 26, 45, 27, 28, 28.1, 34, 35
State Bar of California Committee on Federal Courts(Robert J. Schulze, Chair) 2 letters (03-BK-006) 02/14/2004 Bankruptcy 32.1; 4, 26, 45, 27, 28, 28.1, 34, 35
State Bar of California Committee on Federal Courts(Robert J. Schulze, Chair) 2 letters (03-CR-004) 02/14/2004 Criminal 32, 32.1, 59
State Bar of California’s Committee on Administration of Justice (Reuben A. Ginsburg) (08-CV-176) 02/17/2009 Civil 26 & 56
State Bar of California’s Committee on Federal Courts (A. Marisa Chun, Chair) (04-AP-008) 02/15/2005 Appellate 25
State Bar of California’s Committee on Federal Courts (A. Marisa Chun, Chair) (04-BK-039) 02/15/2005 Bankruptcy 1009, 2002, 4002, 5005, 7004, 9001, 9036, Official Form 6
State Bar of California’s Committee on Federal Courts (A. Marisa Chun, Chair) (04-CV-174) 02/15/2005 Civil 5, 16, 26, 33, 34, 37, 45, 50
State Bar of California’s Committee on Federal Courts (A. Marisa Chun, Chair) (04-EV-012) 02/15/2005 Evidence 404, 408