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. Richard Wesley (15-CR-F) | 10/26/2015 | Criminal | Rule 5, Rules Governing Section 2255 [& 2254] Proceedings | Considered |
| R. Shawn Gunnarson, Esq. and Alexander Dushku, Esq. (11-AP-A) | 02/17/2011 | Appellate | Rule 32(a)(7)(B)(iii) | Considered |
| Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP (17-CV-MMM) | 07/25/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Nico Ratkowski (19-AP-A) | 03/13/2019 | Appellate | Rule 26 | Considered |
| William S. Karn (03-CV-D) | 07/31/2003 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Hon. Mythili Raman (13-CR-B) | 09/18/2013 | Criminal | Rule 41 | Considered |
| Hon. Jennifer A. Dorsey (17-AP-C) | 04/11/2017 | Appellate | Rule 28 | Considered |
| McDonald Toole Wiggins, P.A. (17-CV-FFFFF) | 08/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Robert R. Barnes (03-BK-C) | 07/07/2003 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9001 | Considered |
| Gerchen Keller Capital, LLC; Burford Capital LLC; Bentham IMF (14-CV-B-1) | 10/21/2014 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
| John D. Gleissner, Esq. (05-EV-A) | 01/27/2005 | Evidence | Medical Billing/Admission of Evidence and Testimonies | Considered |
| Corey J. L. Walker (17-CV-XX) | 07/20/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Alane A. Becket (18-BK-A) | 01/25/2018 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 113 and Rule 3015.1 | Considered |
| U.S. Department of Justice (20-CR-H) | 07/10/2020 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Considered |
| Brian Kerzetski (20-CR-I) | 11/01/2020 | Criminal | Rule 29.1 | Considered |
| Sai (15-BK-I) | 09/07/2015 | Bankruptcy | Proposed Rule Changes for Fairness to Pro Se and IFP Litigants | Considered |
| Hon. William F. Stone, Jr. (09-BK-J) | 12/15/2009 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9013, Rule 9014, Need for additional rules and forms for payment of administrative expenses. | Considered |
| Stephen P. Stoltz (07-CR-D) | 05/06/2007 | Criminal | Rule 45 | Considered |
| Jennifer Danish (17-CV-PPPP) | 08/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Sandra Milburn (18-BK-I) | 12/05/2018 | Bankruptcy | Statement of Intention | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (00-BK-F) | 06/27/2000 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002(c) | Considered |
| Hon. Jesse M. Furman (17-CV-A) | 01/10/2017 | Civil | Rule 68 and Pre-Motion Conferences | Considered |
| National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (17-EV-D) | 10/12/2017 | Evidence | Rule 801(d)(1)(A) | Considered |
| American Association of Justice (19-CV-W) | 08/30/2019 | Civil | Rule 4 | Considered |
| Koji Fukumura, et al. (17-CV-DDDDDD) | 10/13/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Julie A. Robinson (12-CV-D) | 08/20/2012 | Civil | Rules concerning service; Notice of electronic filing as certificate of service | 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 |
| 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 |
| Plattner Verderame, P.C. (17-CV-LL) | 07/18/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| National Association of Professional Background Screeners (18-CV-W) | 07/20/2018 | Civil | New rule requiring defendants to disclose full names and dates of birth | Considered |