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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. Mark R. Kravitz and Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal (09-CV-D) 12/28/2009 Civil Whether 14 Days is sufficient for automatic stay under R. 62(a) Considered
Amy M. Smith, Esq. (10-CV-A) 03/10/2010 Civil Rule 37 Considered
John Vail, Esq. (10-CV-B) 08/13/2010 Civil Rule 23 Considered
Hon. Virginia Morgan (10-CV-C) 11/30/2010 Civil Rule 41(a) Considered
Gregg R. Zegarelli, Esq. (10-CV-D) 12/08/2010 Civil Rule 68 Considered
Carol Dalenko (10-CV-E) 01/14/2011 Civil Rule 15(a)(1)(B) Considered
Carol Dalenko (10-CV-F) 02/03/2011 Civil Rules 15(a)(1) and 12(f) Considered
David Swetnam-Burland, Esq. and Stacy O. Stitham, Esq. (10-CV-G) 02/03/2011 Civil Form 18 Considered
Gregg R. Zegarelli, Esq. (11-CV-A) 05/13/2011 Civil Rule 55(b) Considered
Daniel DeWit (11-CV-B) 08/25/2011 Civil Civil Rule 33 (Interrogatories) Considered
James Polt (11-CV-C) 08/23/2011 Civil Civil Rule 26(f) Considered
Lawyers for Civil Justice (Barry H. Bauman, Esq.) (11-CV-D) 08/18/2011 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
Joseph Johnson, Jr. (11-CV-F) 10/19/2011 Civil Civil Rule 11 Pending consideration
Ariana J. Tadler, Esq. and William P. Butterfield, Esq. (11-CV-G) 11/06/2011 Civil Discovery Rules Considered
T. Jones (11-CV-H) 11/05/2011 Civil Commencing an Action, Pleadings Considered
John Vail, Esq. (11-CV-I) 11/03/2011 Civil Preservation Rules Considered
Petition by Russell Alexander (12-CV-A) 03/14/2012 Civil Rule 4 Considered
Hon. John McBryde (12-CV-B) 04/06/2012 Civil Rule 15 Considered
Hon. Jim Hood (12-CV-C) 08/10/2012 Civil New rule(s) to address dilatory removal of cases to federal court Considered
Hon. Julie A. Robinson (12-CV-D) 08/20/2012 Civil Rules concerning service; Notice of electronic filing as certificate of service Considered
Hon. Julie A. Robinson (12-CV-E) 08/20/2012 Civil New rule(s) regarding electronic signatures and the retention of paper documents containing original signatures Considered
Prof. Stephen E. Sachs and Logan T. Mohs (12-CV-F) 11/01/2012 Civil Rule 77(c)(1) Considered
Nelson Abbott, Esq. (13-CV-A) 01/02/2013 Civil Rule 48 Considered
Alan Schoenbaum, Esq. (13-CV-B) 02/15/2013 Civil Rule 68 Considered
James J. Curry, Jr., Esq. (13-CV-C) 02/22/2013 Civil Rule 68 Considered
Committee on Federal Courts of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (13-CV-D) 04/03/2013 Civil Rule 68 Considered
Committee on Federal Courts of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (13-CV-E) 04/03/2013 Civil Rules 45 and 30 Considered
David S. Yen, Esq. (13-CV-F) 07/21/2013 Civil Rule 30 Considered
Lawyers for Civil Justice Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel DRI - The Voice of the Defense BarInternational Association of Defense Counsel (13-CV-G) 08/09/2013 Civil Rule 23 Considered