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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U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (21-CV-P) | 07/01/2021 | Civil | Third party litigation funding | Pending consideration |
Hon. Patricia Barksdale (20-CV-F) | 05/05/2020 | Civil | Rule 72 | Pending consideration |
Hon. Jesse Furman and Hon. Philip Halpern (21-CV-O) | 06/21/2021 | Civil | Rule 41(a) | Pending consideration |
Sai (20-AP-D) | 06/20/2020 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking on IFP forms | Pending consideration |
Donald Molloy (21-CR-A)(Rule 16) | 01/14/2021 | Criminal | Rule 16 | Pending consideration |
Denise Richardson Crabbe (20-CV-L) | 07/19/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
Michael Norman (20-CV-M) | 07/29/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
Lawyers for Civil Justice (20-CV-E) | 03/30/2020 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Pending consideration |
Sen. Charles Grassley and Rep. Darrell Issa (21-CV-L) | 05/03/2021 | Civil | Third party litigation funding | Pending consideration |
Washington Legal Foundation (20-CV-D) | 03/19/2020 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Pending consideration |
Nilda Sorger (20-CV-N) | 07/31/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
Sai (21-CR-E) | 04/14/2021 | Criminal | Rule 49 | Pending consideration |
Sai (21-AP-E) | 04/14/2021 | Appellate | Rule 25 | Pending consideration |
Larry Wagstaff (20-CV-O) | 08/01/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
Sai (21-CV-J) | 04/14/2021 | Civil | Rule 5(d) | Pending consideration |
Sai (21-CV-I) | 04/14/2021 | Civil | Rule 4(i) | Pending consideration |
Glenn Birket (20-CV-P) | 08/02/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
Alan Morrison (21-AP-D) | 04/13/2021 | Appellate | Rule 39 | Pending consideration |
American Association for Justice (20-CV-C) | 03/04/2020 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL interlocutory appeals | Pending consideration |
International Legal Finance Association (21-CV-H) | 04/07/2021 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
Lawyers for Civil Justice (21-CV-G) | 03/24/2021 | Civil | New Rule 5.3 | Pending consideration |
Public Citizen Litigation Group (20-CR-B) | 03/02/2020 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Pending consideration |
Beverly Peet (20-CV-Q) | 08/03/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Henry Johnson, Jr. (21-AP-C) | 02/23/2021 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
Lawyers for Civil Justice (20-CV-R) | 08/04/2020 | Civil | Rules 26(b)(5)(a) and 45(e)(2) | Pending consideration |
Thomas O'Toole (20-CV-S) | 08/04/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
Eugene Volokh, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (20-CV-T) | 08/06/2020 | Civil | New Rule 5.3 | Pending consideration |
Sai (21-AP-B) | 02/09/2021 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking on IFP forms | Pending consideration |
Janeth Ramos (20-CV-U) | 08/09/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
Glen C. Shults (17-CV-RRRR) | 08/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Pending consideration |