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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innocence Project (17-EV-B) | 09/01/2017 | Evidence | Rule 801(d)(1)(A) | Considered |
| Hon. Jack B. Weinstein (07-CR-E) | 06/03/2007 | Criminal | Rule 11 | Considered |
| Jim F. Spencer, Jr., Esq. (11-BK-M) | 12/15/2011 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9027 | Considered |
| Matthew P. Millea (17-CV-GG) | 07/17/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Thomas Moers Mayer (21-BK-D) | 02/16/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3007(c) | Considered |
| Public Citizen Litigation Group (15-CV-T) | 04/09/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| US Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Alabama (Douglas F. Young) (07-BK-B) | 01/24/2007 | Bankruptcy | Suggested creating PDF-fillable forms | Considered |
| Committee on Federal Procedure of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association (Gregory K. Arenson, Esq.) (05-CV-G) | 09/26/2005 | Civil | Rule 45 | Considered |
| David J. Romano (17-CV-YYY) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| David A. Tilem, Esq. (13-BK-D) | 03/21/2013 | Bankruptcy | Form B14 | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (98-BK-A) | 01/16/1998 | Bankruptcy | Small Claims Procedure for Certain Adversary Proceedings | Considered |
| Hon. Julie A. Robinson (12-CV-D) | 08/20/2012 | Civil | Rules concerning service; Notice of electronic filing as certificate of service | Considered |
| Hon. Linda Riegle (10-BK-J) | 01/14/2011 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1014 | Considered |
| Hon. Pamela S. Hollis (17-BK-C) | 06/20/2017 | Bankruptcy | Form 423 | Considered |
| Wes Scott (20-BK-B) | 02/03/2020 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9036 | Considered |
| Hon. Michael M. Baylson (05-CR-F) | 11/02/2005 | Criminal | AEDPA/Habeas Petitions | Considered |
| Jeremy A. Colby (03-CV-F) | 08/26/2003 | Civil | Rule 4 | Considered |
| John C. Ireland (17-CV-III) | 07/24/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Michael J. Kaplan (12-BK-A) | 02/01/2012 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 3B | Considered |
| Gregg R. Zegarelli, Esq. (10-CV-D) | 12/08/2010 | Civil | Rule 68 | Considered |
| American Antitrust Institute (15-CV-G) | 03/16/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Leto Copeley (17-CV-BBBBB) | 08/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Gregory B. Jones (02-BK-D) | 03/08/2002 | Bankruptcy | Exhibit C to the Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition | 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 |
| National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees and Wells Fargo Corporation (George W. Stevenson, Esq.) (09-BK-K) | 12/16/2009 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 10 | Considered |
| Jeremy L. Bordelon (17-CV-TT) | 07/18/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Stephen P. Stoltz, Esq. (07-CV-C) | 05/06/2008 | Civil | Rule 6 | Considered |
| Gabriel J. Chin (13-CR-C) | 10/25/2013 | Criminal | Rules 11 and 32 | Considered |
| Timothy C. Bailey (17-CV-LLLL) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |