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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael J. Merrick (17-CV-VV) | 07/19/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Paul Alan Levy (10-AP-I) | 11/30/2010 | Appellate | Redactions | Considered |
| Robert L. Byer and David R. Fine (00-CR-C) | 08/15/2000 | Criminal | Criminal Rules and Forms (AEDPA) | Considered |
| DRI (15-CV-DD) | 09/10/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Columbia Legal Services (17-CV-NNNN) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Michael A. Fritz, Esq. (09-BK-A) | 02/13/2009 | Bankruptcy | Official Bankruptcy Forms | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (00-BK-D) | 03/16/2000 | Bankruptcy | Establishment of a Small Claims Procedure | Considered |
| Hon. Harvey Schlesinger (10-CR-B) | 06/08/2010 | Criminal | Rule 17(a) | Considered |
| Thomas Moers Mayer (16-CV-J) | 11/21/2016 | Civil | A new Federal Rule of Civil Procedure to apply to cases under Title VI of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act | Considered |
| Center for Regulatory Effectiveness (04-EV-A) | 08/10/2004 | Evidence | Rule 803 (Trustworthy Proviso) | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (19-BK-I) | 08/21/2019 | Bankruptcy | Proposed rulemaking regarding DSO certification. | Considered |
| Hon. Joel M. Flaum (06-CV-C) | 06/19/2006 | Civil | Sealed Cases | Considered |
| National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees (15-BK-D) | 06/05/2015 | Bankruptcy | Notice of Change of Address Form | Considered |
| Jacques Pierre Ward (01-CV-A) | 01/08/2001 | Civil | Specify page limits for motions | Considered |
| Frederick B. Goldsmith (17-CV-II) | 07/17/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Committee on Court Administration and Case Management (18-BK-D) | 06/29/2018 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9036 | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (08-BK-A) | 03/10/2008 | Bankruptcy | Director's Form 240A | 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 |
| New York Council of Defense Attorneys and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (16-CR-B) | 03/01/2016 | Criminal | Rule 16 (new Rule 16.1) | Considered |
| Laurel Halbany (17-CV-AAAA) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Steven M. Colloton (13-AP-C) | 03/20/2013 | Appellate | Consider possible rules for expediting proceedings under Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. | Considered |
| Hon. Christopher M. Klein (04-CV-E) | 04/07/2004 | Civil | Rule 8 | Considered |
| Hon. Anthony J. Battaglia (06-CR-F) | 08/15/2006 | Criminal | Rule 32.1 & 46 | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (05-BK-A) | 04/06/2005 | Bankruptcy | Representation of Corporations in "Small Claims" Cases | Considered |
| Geoffrey L. Berman (11-BK-G) | 09/22/2011 | Bankruptcy | National Bankruptcy Bar | Considered |
| W. Jonathan Harling (CV-17-S) | 06/30/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Department of Justice (18-AP-A) | 03/20/2018 | Appellate | Rules 35 and 40 and length limits for responses to rehearing petitions | Considered |
| James Polt (11-CV-C) | 08/23/2011 | Civil | Civil Rule 26(f) | Considered |
| Hon. Patricia Barksdale (21-CV-A) | 01/05/2021 | Civil | Rule 65(e) | Considered |
| Robert M. Miller (15-CV-LL) | 10/26/2015 | Civil | Rule 4 | Considered |