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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
Bankruptcy Case Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) Working Group (06-BK-D) 08/18/2006 Bankruptcy Rules 8006, 8007 Considered
American Bar Association (06-BK-F) 08/24/2006 Bankruptcy Proposed Attorney Discipline Amendments Considered
Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal (06-CV-F) 08/25/2006 Civil Rule 5 Considered
Baker & Hostetler LLP (06-BK-E) 08/25/2006 Bankruptcy Proposed Rule Allowing Increased Yield on Bankruptcy Estate Funds Considered
Ninth Circuit Judicial Council Pacific Islands Committee (Sally Pym) (06-CR-G) 09/19/2006 Criminal Rule 41 Considered
Federal Defender Sentencing Guideline Committee (Jon M. Sands) (06-CR-H) 10/24/2006 Criminal Rule 32(h) Considered
Hon. William R. Wilson, Jr. (06-CV-G) 11/09/2006 Civil Discovery Rules Considered
Gregory K. Arenson, Esq. (06-CV-H) 12/07/2006 Civil Rule 45 Considered
US Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Alabama (Douglas F. Young) (07-BK-B) 01/24/2007 Bankruptcy Suggested creating PDF-fillable forms Considered
Unitel (William P. Callahan, Esq.) (07-CV-A) 03/08/2007 Civil Rule 45 Considered
Hon. Robert B. Collings (07-CR-A) 04/24/2007 Criminal Rule 32 Considered
Stephen P. Stoltz (07-CR-D) 05/06/2007 Criminal Rule 45 Considered
Hon. Paul Mannes (07-BK-C) 05/30/2007 Bankruptcy Rule 1019(2), Rule 4003(b) Considered
Hon. Jack B. Weinstein (07-CR-E) 06/03/2007 Criminal Rule 11 Considered
Hon. Wesley W. Steen (07-BK-D) 07/12/2007 Bankruptcy Interim Rule 1017 Considered
Peter A. Chapman (07-BK-E) 09/12/2007 Bankruptcy Official Form 1 Considered
Magistrate Judges of the Eastern District of New York (Hon. Steven M. Gold) (07-CR-B) 10/17/2007 Criminal Rule 4; Rule 41 Considered
Kelly D. Warfield (07-CR-C) 10/29/2007 Criminal AEDPA Statute of Limitations Considered
Kay Sieverding (07-CV-B) 11/20/2007 Civil Electronic Case Filing Considered
Loan Syndications and Trading Association and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Mark Thompson, Esaq.) (07-BK-G) 11/26/2007 Bankruptcy 2019 Considered
Hon. Laura Myerson Isicoff (07-BK-F) 11/26/2007 Bankruptcy Official Form 1 Considered
Hon. Paul Mannes (08-BK-A) 03/10/2008 Bankruptcy Director's Form 240A Considered
Hon. Robert Kressel (08-BK-B) 03/11/2008 Bankruptcy Rule 6003 Considered
Hon. Paul Mannes (08-BK-C) 04/08/2008 Bankruptcy Rule 3003(c)(2) Considered
Bankruptcy Judges Advisory Group (08-BK-D) 04/24/2008 Bankruptcy Rule 6003 Considered
Professor David J. Sharpe (07-CV-D) 05/06/2008 Civil Admiralty Rules Considered
Stephen P. Stoltz, Esq. (07-CV-C) 05/06/2008 Civil Rule 6 Considered
Christopher Macchiaroli, Esq. (07-CV-E) 05/14/2008 Civil Rule 30 Considered
Hon. Frank Easterbrook (08-BK-E) 06/16/2008 Bankruptcy Rule 4004(d), Rule 7001(4) Considered
Judicial Conference Committee on Criminal Law (Hon. Julie E. Carnes) (08-CR-A) 06/24/2008 Criminal Rule 41 Considered