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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Richard J. Douglas (01-CR-C) | 04/06/2001 | Criminal | Rule 11 | Considered |
James M. Burnham (16-CR-A) | 02/01/2016 | Criminal | Rule 12 | Considered |
United States Department of Justice (Benton J. Campbell) (06-CR-B) | 01/05/2006 | Criminal | Rule 12 | Considered |
Enoc Mendez (09-CR-B) | 06/02/2009 | Criminal | Rule 12 | Considered |
Committee on Rule Amendment at Cornell Law School (23-CV-V) | 09/15/2023 | Civil | Rule 12 | Considered |
State Bar of Michigan Committee on United States Courts (15-CV-E) | 03/06/2015 | Civil | Rule 12 | Considered |
U.S. Department of Justice (20-CV-B) | 02/26/2020 | Civil | Rule 12 | Considered |
Joshua S. Goodrich, J.D., LL.M. (24-CV-T) | 09/26/2024 | Civil | Rule 12 | Pending consideration |
John Hawkinson (20-CV-EE) | 10/17/2020 | Civil | Rule 12 and Rule 5 | Considered |
Daniel Hartnett (19-CV-O) | 04/12/2019 | Civil | Rule 12(a) | Considered |
Institute for Justice (21-CV-W) | 10/04/2021 | Civil | Rule 12(a)(4) | Considered |
American Association for Justice (22-CV-B) | 02/11/2022 | Civil | Rule 12(a)(4) | Considered |
Hon. D. Brock Hornby (02-CV-J) | 10/29/2002 | Civil | Rule 12(f) | Considered |
Michael Kelly and Sergio Acosta (25-CR-B) | 02/24/2025 | Criminal | Rule 15 | Pending consideration |
17 Organizations (23-CV-S) | 08/31/2023 | Civil | Rule 15 | Pending consideration |
Edward Hartnett (24-AP-G) | 04/10/2024 | Appellate | Rule 15 | Pending consideration |
Hon. John McBryde (12-CV-B) | 04/06/2012 | Civil | Rule 15 | Considered |
Arthur Spitzer (19-CV-Z) | 09/19/2019 | Civil | Rule 15 | Considered |
Carol Dalenko (10-CV-E) | 01/14/2011 | Civil | Rule 15(a)(1)(B) | Considered |
Professor Martha L. Minow (01-CV-C) | 10/11/2001 | Civil | Rule 15(c)(3) | Considered |
William Lynch (19-CV-GG) | 12/02/2019 | Civil | Rule 16 | Considered |
Carter B. Harrison IV (18-CR-F) | 08/30/2018 | Criminal | Rule 16 | Considered |
Carl E. Person (01-CR-D) | 06/28/2001 | Criminal | Rule 16 | Considered |
Hon. Emmet G. Sullivan (09-CR-A) | 04/28/2009 | Criminal | Rule 16 | Considered |
Michael Blasie (18-CR-B) | 03/10/2018 | Criminal | Rule 16 | Considered |
John Siffert (21-CR-B) | 01/21/2021 | Criminal | Rule 16 | Pending consideration |
Hon. Robert B. Collings (04-CR-A) | 03/17/2004 | Criminal | Rule 16 | Considered |
Donald Molloy (21-CR-A)(Rule 16) | 01/14/2021 | Criminal | Rule 16 | Pending consideration |
Hon. Jeremiah McCarthy (24-CV-K) | 04/30/2024 | Civil | Rule 16 | Considered |
Hon. Jed S. Rakoff (17-CR-B) | 07/23/2017 | Criminal | Rule 16 | Considered |