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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
Georgia Ainsworth (20-EV-W) 10/15/2020 Evidence Rule 702 Considered
Chris Fabricant/Innocence Project et al. (20-EV-X) 10/16/2020 Evidence Rule 702 Considered
John Hawkinson (20-CV-EE) 10/17/2020 Civil Rule 12 and Rule 5 Considered
Lawyers for Civil Justice (20-EV-Y) 10/20/2020 Evidence Rule 702 Considered
Covington & Burling LLP (20-EV-Z) 10/23/2020 Evidence Rule 702 Considered
Brian Kerzetski (20-CR-I) 11/01/2020 Criminal Rule 29.1 Considered
Theodore Folkman (20-CV-FF) 11/05/2020 Civil Rule 4 Considered
H. Brent McKnight Jr. (20-CR-J) 11/08/2020 Criminal Rule 6 Considered
Department of Justice (20-EV-AA) 11/06/2020 Evidence Rule 702 Considered
Shook Hardy & Bacon (20-EV-BB) 11/09/2020 Evidence Rule 702 Considered
U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (20-EV-CC) 11/09/2020 Evidence Rule 702 Considered
Beveridge & Diamond (20-EV-DD) 11/10/2020 Evidence Rule 702 Considered
Jeffrey A. Parness (20-CV-GG) 11/13/2020 Civil Rule 27(c) Considered
Hon. Henry A. Callaway (20-BK-I) 11/13/2020 Bankruptcy Rule 3001 and Form B101 Considered
Shanin Specter (20-CV-HH) 12/18/2020 Civil Proposed new Rule 16.1 Considered
Hon. Patricia Barksdale (21-CV-A) 01/05/2021 Civil Rule 65(e) Considered
Greg Patmythes (21-CV-B) 01/18/2021 Civil Rule 60 Considered
Hon. Donald Molloy (21-CR-A)(Rule 6) 01/14/2021 Criminal Rule 6 Considered
Hon. Beryl Howell and Hon. Royce Lamberth (21-CR-C) 01/03/2021 Criminal Rule 6 Considered
Forty-Five Professors (21-BK-B) 01/29/2021 Bankruptcy Proposed amendment to Rule 7001 and new rule for certain turnover actions Considered
Hon. Kathy Surratt-States (21-BK-A) 01/28/2021 Bankruptcy Form 101 and Form 309 Considered
Ralph Brubaker, Robert Lawless, and Bruce Markell (21-BK-C) 02/04/2021 Bankruptcy Proposed amendment to Rule 7001 and new rule for certain turnover actions Considered
Lawyers for Civil Justice (21-EV-A) 02/08/2021 Evidence Rule 702 Considered
Hon. Iain Johnston (21-CV-D) 02/08/2021 Civil Rule 37 Considered
Thomas Moers Mayer (21-BK-D) 02/16/2021 Bankruptcy Rule 3007(c) Considered
Hon. Patricia Barksdale (21-CV-E) 02/16/2021 Civil Rule 37(c)(1) Considered
Hon. Timothy Dore (21-BK-E) 02/04/2021 Bankruptcy Form 309E1 and Form 309E2 Considered
Hon. Catherine McEwen (21-BK-F) 02/18/2021 Bankruptcy Rule 1007(c) Considered
American Association for Justice (21-EV-B) 03/12/2021 Evidence Rule 702 Considered
Akiva Shapiro, Lee R. Crain, and Amanda LeSavage (21-CV-F) 03/17/2021 Civil Proposed rulemaking on amicus filings Considered