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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
Professor James Grimmelmann (14-CV-A) 03/10/2014 Civil Rule 23 Considered
U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform American Insurance Association American Tort Reform Association Lawyers for Civil Justice National Association of Manufacturers (14-CV-B) 04/09/2014 Civil Rule 26 Considered
Gerchen Keller Capital, LLC; Burford Capital LLC; Bentham IMF (14-CV-B-1) 10/21/2014 Civil Rule 26 Considered
Mark J. Armbruster (14-CV-C) 04/02/2014 Civil Rule 4 Considered
Professor Bradley Scott Shannon (14-CV-D) 04/29/2014 Civil Rule 41 Considered
Professor Suja A. Thomas (14-CV-E) 06/23/2014 Civil Rule 56 Considered
Lawyers for Civil Justice (14-CV-F) 08/09/2014 Civil Rule 23 Considered
7th Circuit Court of Appeals (Gino G. Agnello) (00-CR-A) 04/11/2000 Criminal Rule 32 Considered
Congressman Jim Gibbons for Thomas Krummer (00-CR-B) 03/21/2000 Criminal Rule 7 Considered
Robert L. Byer and David R. Fine (00-CR-C) 08/15/2000 Criminal Criminal Rules and Forms (AEDPA) Considered
Jeremy A. Bell (00-CR-D) 11/20/2000 Criminal Rule 23 Considered
Hon. Tommy E. Miller (00-CR-E) 12/11/2000 Criminal Rules 42 & 58 (Federal Courts Improvement Act) Considered
Hon. Bernard Zimmerman (01-CR-A) 01/29/2001 Criminal Rule 4 Considered
American Bar Association Governmental Affairs Office (Robert D. Evans) (01-CR-B) 03/02/2001 Criminal Rule 6 & 35 Considered
Richard J. Douglas (01-CR-C) 04/06/2001 Criminal Rule 11 Considered
Carl E. Person (01-CR-D) 06/28/2001 Criminal Rule 16 Considered
Hon. D. Brock Hornby (02-CR-A) 03/15/2002 Criminal Rule 32 Considered
Hon. Paul L. Friedman (02-CR-B) 04/02/2002 Criminal Rules 29, 33 & 34 Considered
Hon. David D. Dowd, Jr. (02-CR-C) 06/05/2002 Criminal Rule 11 Considered
Hon. Ed Carnes (02-CR-D) 04/15/2002 Criminal Rule 32 Considered
Hon. Robert B. Collings (03-CR-A) 01/24/2003 Criminal Rule 40 Considered
Hon. William F. Sanderson, Jr. (03-CR-B) 03/04/2003 Criminal Rule 32.1 Considered
Carl E. Person (03-CR-C) 04/01/2003 Criminal Plea Bargaining Considered
Hon. B. Janice Ellington (03-CR-D) 07/24/2003 Criminal Rule 41 Considered
Hon. Gregory W. Carman (03-CR-E) 10/27/2003 Criminal Rule 32 Considered
Steve Allen (03-CR-F) 11/05/2003 Criminal Habeas Corpus Rule 9 Considered
Hon. David D. Dowd, Jr. (03-CR-G) 11/26/2003 Criminal Rule 11 Considered
Hon. Robert B. Collings (04-CR-A) 03/17/2004 Criminal Rule 16 Considered
Hon. James T. Trimble, Jr. (04-CR-B) 04/07/2004 Criminal Rules 6 & 31 Considered
Committee on Court Administration and Case Management of the Judicial Conference of the United States (Hon. John W. Lungstrum) (04-CR-C) 08/02/2004 Criminal CM/ECF – Mandatory Electronic Filing Considered