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Rules Comments

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Name of Individual and/or Organization Date Received Committee Rule or Form
Thomas Y. Allman, Esq. (04-CV-007) 09/16/2004 Civil Electronic Discovery
Timothy A. Scott, Esq. (03-AP-190) 01/27/2004 Appellate 32.1
Timothy Cogan (04-CV-136) 01/21/2005 Civil Electronic Discovery
Timothy K. Beeken, Esq. (Managing Attorneys' and Clerks' Assn.) (11-CV-022) 02/15/2012 Civil Civil Rule 45
Tony Garoppolo (05-CR-002) 10/27/2005 Criminal 32(h)
Tracy R. Kirkham, Esq. (04-CV-044) 12/13/2004 Civil Electronic Discovery
Tracy Wrisinger (09-BK-090) 02/10/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Travis L. Starr, Esq. (10-BK-028) 02/21/2001 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (F. Paul Bland, Jr., Esquire) (04-CV-057) 12/21/2004 Civil Civil Rules
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Richard Frankel, Esq.) (03-AP-406) 02/17/2004 Appellate 32.1
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice and the TLPJ Foundation (F. Paul Bland, Jr.; Arthur H. Bryant; & Vicky Ni) (04-CV-239) 02/14/2005 Civil Electronic Discovery
Troy Foster, Esq. (03-AP-348) 02/12/2004 Appellate 32.1
Troy R. Jensen (09-BK-112) 02/11/2010 Bankruptcy Rules 3001 and 3002.1
Trustees of the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey (Dennis J. Drasco) (08-CV-153) 01/30/2009 Civil 26
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (Schermer) (07-BR-027) 01/30/2008 Bankruptcy 8002
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of California (John J. Hargrove, Chief Judge) (03-AP-281) 02/05/2004 Appellate 32.1
U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform & Lawyers for Civil Justice (Alfred W. Cortese, Jr.) (04-CV-192) 02/15/2005 Civil Electronic Discovery
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Judge Haldane Robert Mayer) (03-AP-086) 01/06/2004 Appellate 32.1, 35, 28
U.S. Department of Justice – Drug Enforcement Administration (Wendy H. Goggin) (08-CR-004) 11/19/2008 Criminal 15
U.S. Department of Justice – Drug Enforcement Administration (Wendy H. Goggin) (08-CV-084) 11/19/2008 Civil 26
U.S. Department of Justice (Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division) (04-CV-203) 02/15/2005 Civil Electronic Discovery, Supplemental Rule G, Rule 50
U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division (Honorable Michael F. Hertz, Acting Assistant Attorney General) (08-CV-180) 02/17/2009 Civil 26 & 56
U.S. Dept of Justice, Civil Division (Tony Yang, Esq.) (03-AP-514) 04/02/2004 Appellate 28.1
U.S. District Court for District of MD (Chief Judge Benson Everett Legg) (04-CV-114) 02/03/2005 Civil Civil Rules
Una O’Boyle (08-BK-002) 10/24/2008 Bankruptcy 1004.2(b)
United States Courts Committee of the State Bar of Michigan (Thaddeus E. Morgan) (08-CV-184) 02/18/2009 Civil 26
United States District Court for the District of Oregon (Honorable Sue L. Robinson, Honorable Gregory M. Sleet, and Honorable Joseph J. Farnan, Jr.) (08-CV-166) 02/13/2009 Civil 56
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (06-EV-062) 02/15/2007 Evidence EV Rule 502
USDOJ Office of Deputy Attorney General (Morford) (07-AP-016) 02/15/2008 Appellate Time-Computation Amendments
USDOJ Office of Deputy Attorney General (Morford) (07-CR-015) 02/15/2008 Criminal Time-Computation Amendments