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 |
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Sai (21-AP-E) | 04/14/2021 | Appellate | Rule 25 | Pending consideration |
Sai (21-CR-E) | 04/14/2021 | Criminal | Rule 49 | Pending consideration |
Sen. Charles Grassley and Rep. Darrell Issa (21-CV-L) | 05/03/2021 | Civil | Third party litigation funding | Pending consideration |
Donald Molloy (21-CR-A)(Rule 16) | 01/14/2021 | Criminal | Rule 16 | Pending consideration |
Hon. Jesse Furman and Hon. Philip Halpern (21-CV-O) | 06/21/2021 | Civil | Rule 41(a) | Pending consideration |
U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (21-CV-P) | 07/01/2021 | Civil | Third party litigation funding | Pending consideration |
Hon. Richard Hertling (21-CV-R) | 07/23/2021 | Civil | Rule 63 | Pending consideration |
Heather Abraham, Alex Abdo, and Jonathan Manes (21-CV-T) | 09/03/2021 | Civil | New Rule 5.3 | Pending consideration |
Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (21-BK-M) | 09/20/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 8006(g) | Pending consideration |
Twenty-Eight Companies (21-CV-U) | 09/28/2021 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
Lawyers for Civil Justice (21-CV-V) | 09/29/2021 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Pending consideration |
Department of Justice (21-CR-J) | 09/13/2021 | Criminal | Rule 6(e) | Pending consideration |
Institute for Justice (21-CV-W) | 10/04/2021 | Civil | Rule 12(a)(4) | Pending consideration |
U.S. Chamber of Commerce (21-AP-G) | 10/06/2021 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
Maria Pearlmutter (11-EV-A) | 06/23/2011 | Evidence | Exclude physician apologies in medical malpractice cases | Pending consideration |
Public.Resource.org (Carl Malamud) (08-CV-D) | 10/30/2008 | Civil | Privacy Rules | Pending consideration |
Akua Asamoah (08-CV-E) | 12/05/2008 | Civil | New Form/Form Revision | Pending consideration |
John Vail, Esq. (10-CV-B) | 08/13/2010 | Civil | Rule 23 | Pending consideration |
Joseph Johnson, Jr. (11-CV-F) | 10/19/2011 | Civil | Civil Rule 11 | Pending consideration |
Mark Wray (15-CV-A) | 01/17/2015 | Civil | Rule 81 | Pending consideration |
Christine Pedigo Bartholomew (15-CV-R) | 04/07/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Pending consideration |
Robert M. Miller (15-CV-JJ) | 10/26/2015 | Civil | Electronic Case Filing for Pro Se Litigants | Pending consideration |
U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (15-CV-KK) | 10/30/2015 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
State Bar of Michigan Committee on United States Courts (16-CV-B) | 03/08/2016 | Civil | Rule 45 | Pending consideration |
Hon. Neil Gorsuch and Hon. Susan Graber (16-CV-F) | 06/13/2016 | Civil | Jury Trials in Civil Cases | Pending consideration |
American Bar Association (17-CV-C) | 01/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 47 | Pending consideration |
Administrative Conference of the United States (17-CV-D) | 01/13/2017 | Civil | Special Procedural Rules for Social Security Litigation in District Court | Pending consideration |
American Board of Trial Advocates (17-CV-F) | 03/02/2017 | Civil | Rule 47 | Pending consideration |
American Association for Justice (17-CV-G) | 03/22/2017 | Civil | Rule 47 | Pending consideration |
Dale C. Schian (17-CV-H) | 03/07/2017 | Civil | Rule 11 | Pending consideration |