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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
Hon. William R. Wilson, Jr. (06-CV-G) 11/09/2006 Civil Discovery Rules Considered
Ariana J. Tadler, Esq. and William P. Butterfield, Esq. (11-CV-G) 11/06/2011 Civil Discovery Rules Considered
Barry H. Bauman, Esq. for himself, and on behalf of Lawyers for Civil Justice, the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, the International Association of Defense Counsel and DRI - Voice of the Defense Bar (11-CV-E) 10/31/2011 Civil Discovery Rules Considered
Lawyers for Civil Justice (Barry H. Bauman, Esq.) (11-CV-D) 08/18/2011 Civil Discovery Rules Considered
Alan B. Morrison (15-AP-G) 05/07/2015 Appellate Discretionary Appeals of Interlocutory Orders Considered
Public Citizen Litigation Group (Paul A. Levy, Esq.) (06-CV-B) 03/17/2006 Civil Electronic Acknowl. of Service Considered
Hon. Vaughn R. Walker (07-CV-F) 08/15/2008 Civil Electronic Attachments Considered
Kay Sieverding (07-CV-B) 11/20/2007 Civil Electronic Case Filing Considered
Robert M. Miller (15-AP-H) 10/26/2015 Appellate Electronic Case Filing for Pro Se Litigants Considered
Robert M. Miller (15-CR-E) 10/26/2015 Criminal Electronic Case Filing for Pro Se Litigants Considered
Robert M. Miller (15-CV-JJ) 10/26/2015 Civil Electronic Case Filing for Pro Se Litigants Pending consideration
Mark Estes, Esq. (09-CV-B) 06/21/2009 Civil Electronic Service Considered
David Andersen, Esq. (11-BK-A) 03/16/2011 Bankruptcy Eliminate Unnecessary Mail Notices in Bankruptcy Cases Considered
Hon. Paul Mannes (00-BK-D) 03/16/2000 Bankruptcy Establishment of a Small Claims Procedure Considered
Maria Pearlmutter (11-EV-A) 06/23/2011 Evidence Exclude physician apologies in medical malpractice cases Pending consideration
Gregory B. Jones (02-BK-D) 03/08/2002 Bankruptcy Exhibit C to the Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition Considered
The Sedona Conference (22-CV-A) 01/12/2022 Civil Filing Under Seal Pending consideration
Hon. S. Martin Teel, Jr. (16-BK-B) 03/14/2016 Bankruptcy Form 101 Considered
Mark Neal (24-BK-I) 06/28/2024 Bankruptcy Form 101 Pending consideration
Hon. Kathy Surratt-States (21-BK-A) 01/28/2021 Bankruptcy Form 101 and Form 309 Considered
Unclaimed Funds Expert Panel of the Financial Managers Working Group (23-BK-I) 06/08/2023 Bankruptcy Form 1340 Considered
David Swetnam-Burland, Esq. and Stacy O. Stitham, Esq. (10-CV-G) 02/03/2011 Civil Form 18 Considered
Carl Barnes, Best Case, LLC, Software Dev Team (14-BK-D) 06/19/2014 Bankruptcy Form 22/Means-Test Forms Considered
Hon. S. Martin Teel, Jr. (15-BK-B) 02/23/2015 Bankruptcy Form 263, Bill of Costs Considered
Laura Bartell (22-BK-E) 06/19/2022 Bankruptcy Form 309 Pending consideration
Pascal (19-BK-C) 02/13/2019 Bankruptcy Form 309A Considered
Hon. Timothy Dore (21-BK-E) 02/04/2021 Bankruptcy Form 309E1 and Form 309E2 Considered
Vladislav Kachka (20-BK-F) 06/06/2020 Bankruptcy Form 318 Considered
Travis A. Gagnier (18-BK-B) 01/24/2018 Bankruptcy Form 3180W Considered
Hon. David Thuma (15-BK-G) 08/14/2015 Bankruptcy Form 341 Considered