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. Jack B. Weinstein (07-CR-E) | 06/03/2007 | Criminal | Rule 11 | Considered |
| Hon. S. Martin Teel, Jr. (14-BK-F) | 08/22/2014 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7004(a)(1) | Considered |
| Mark Bennett (19-CV-S) | 07/16/2019 | Civil | Rule 68 | Considered |
| Hon. Sandra S. Beckwith (05-CV-E) | 07/13/2005 | Civil | Rule 56 – Discretion in ruling on motions for summary judgment | Considered |
| Public Citizen Litigation Group (15-CV-T) | 04/09/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| James J. Ream (17-CV-CC) | 07/13/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Victor Schwartz (18-CV-P) | 06/07/2018 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Harold Kim (10-BK-H) | 11/22/2010 | Bankruptcy | Greater Transparency for 524(g) | Considered |
| Hon. Julie A. Robinson (12-CV-D) | 08/20/2012 | Civil | Rules concerning service; Notice of electronic filing as certificate of service | Considered |
| Benjamin C. Mizer (15-CV-PP) | 12/04/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Jeffrey T. Jones (17-CV-UUU) | 07/29/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| National Consumer Law Center, Inc. and National Association of Consumer Advocates (19-CV-L) | 03/29/2019 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| William S. Karn (03-CV-D) | 07/31/2003 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| John J. Dilenschneider (97-BK-D) | 06/09/1997 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9011(c)(2)(B) | Considered |
| Hon. Michael M. Baylson (05-CR-F) | 11/02/2005 | Criminal | AEDPA/Habeas Petitions | Considered |
| Henry J. Kelston (17-CV-NNNNN) | 08/04/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| American Bankruptcy Institute's Task Force on National Ethics Standards (13-BK-C) | 03/14/2013 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2014 | Considered |
| Gregg R. Zegarelli, Esq. (10-CV-D) | 12/08/2010 | Civil | Rule 68 | Considered |
| Hon. Dana L. Rasure (04-BK-E) | 11/16/2004 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002(c)(5) | Considered |
| American Antitrust Institute (15-CV-G) | 03/16/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| John Paul Truskett (17-CV-FFF) | 07/23/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Next Generation Bankruptcy CM/ECF Clerk's Office Functional Requirements Group (Dana C. McWay) (09-BK-I) | 11/25/2009 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1007(b)(7) | Considered |
| Jason Wilson-Aguilar (20-BK-H) | 08/03/2020 | Bankruptcy | Form B410 | Considered |
| Hon. Ed Carnes (02-CR-D) | 04/15/2002 | Criminal | Rule 32 | Considered |
| Robert M. Miller (15-AP-H) | 10/26/2015 | Appellate | Electronic Case Filing for Pro Se Litigants | Considered |
| City of Chicago (21-BK-K) | 06/04/2021 | Bankruptcy | Official Form B113 | Considered |
| Amy M. Smith, Esq. (11-AP-F) | 12/07/2011 | Appellate | Consider amendment authorizing discretionary interlocutory appeals from attorney-client privilege rulings | Considered |
| Stephen P. Stoltz, Esq. (07-CV-C) | 05/06/2008 | Civil | Rule 6 | Considered |
| Bankruptcy Noticing Working Group (02-BK-A) | 02/05/2002 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9036, 2002(g) | Considered |
| Gabriel J. Chin (13-CR-C) | 10/25/2013 | Criminal | Rules 11 and 32 | Considered |