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. Marvin Isgur, Hon. Elizabeth Magner, and Hon. Jeff Bohm (08-BK-K) | 12/05/2008 | Bankruptcy | New Forms Proposal – B10-A, B10-S1, B10-S2. | Considered |
| Alan B. Morrison (15-AP-G) | 05/07/2015 | Appellate | Discretionary Appeals of Interlocutory Orders | Considered |
| Jim F. Spencer, Jr., Esq. (11-BK-M) | 12/15/2011 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9027 | Considered |
| Richard T. Seymour (17-CV-NNN) | 07/25/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| David W. Ostrander, Esq. (13-BK-A) | 01/10/2013 | Bankruptcy | Individual Debtor Cases | Considered |
| George Weiss (19-BK-D) | 03/23/2019 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7004 | Considered |
| Glen K. Palman (04-BK-A) | 02/19/2004 | Bankruptcy | Form B-10 and Directors Form for Transfer of Claim | Considered |
| Hon. Joseph E. Irenas (02-CV-G) | 07/31/2002 | Civil | De Bene Esse Depositions | Considered |
| Hon. James T. Trimble, Jr. (04-CR-B) | 04/07/2004 | Criminal | Rules 6 & 31 | Considered |
| Steven A. Hirsch (17-AP-D) | 04/14/2017 | Appellate | Rule 28 | Considered |
| US Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Alabama (Douglas F. Young) (07-BK-B) | 01/24/2007 | Bankruptcy | Suggested creating PDF-fillable forms | Considered |
| Skinner Law Firm (17-CV-GGGGG) | 08/02/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Professor Paul D. Carrington (09-CV-A) | 04/06/2009 | Civil | Rule 4 | Considered |
| Prof. Kenneth N. Klee (15-BK-C) | 03/13/2015 | Bankruptcy | Rule 8018 | Considered |
| Hon. Linda Riegle (10-BK-J) | 01/14/2011 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1014 | Considered |
| Caryn M. Groedel (17-CV-YY) | 07/20/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Betsy Shumaker (16-AP-E) | 09/23/2016 | Appellate | Rules 10, 11, 27, 30 | Considered |
| Judy B. Calton | 01/12/2001 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7026 & 9014 | Considered |
| Hon. Bernard Zimmerman (01-CR-A) | 01/29/2001 | Criminal | Rule 4 | Considered |
| Sai (15-CV-EE) | 09/07/2015 | Civil | Rules 5 and 7 | Considered |
| Damon L. Ellis (17-CV-QQQQ) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Patricia Barksdale (18-CR-G) | 12/10/2018 | Criminal | Rule 40 | Considered |
| Hon. Robert E. Jones (11-CR-B) | 07/06/2011 | Criminal | Rule 24(b) | Considered |
| Alliance for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (17-CV-B) | 01/24/2017 | Civil | Rule 45 | Considered |
| Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal for Professor A. Benjamin Spencer (06-EV-A) | Evidence | Civil Rule 26 | Considered | |
| Koji Fukumura, et al. (17-CV-DDDDDD) | 10/13/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (99-BK-A) | 03/10/1999 | Bankruptcy | Rule 8014 | Considered |
| Hon. William R. Wilson, Jr. (06-CV-G) | 11/09/2006 | Civil | Discovery Rules | Considered |
| Ben H. Logan and Peter Friedman (15-BK-F) | 08/04/2015 | Bankruptcy | Amendments in the Wake of Stern v. Marshall, Arkison and Wellness | Considered |
| Plattner Verderame, P.C. (17-CV-LL) | 07/18/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |