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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Bankruptcy Conference (Jonathan G. Katz) (08-BK-O) | 02/06/2009 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2019 | Considered |
| Bankruptcy Judges Advisory Group (Hon. Michael E. Romero) (09-BK-N) | 12/22/2009 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3007(a), Service of an objection under proof of claim | Considered |
| Hon. Richard Wesley (15-CR-F) | 10/26/2015 | Criminal | Rule 5, Rules Governing Section 2255 [& 2254] Proceedings | Considered |
| Greg Patmythes (21-CV-B) | 01/18/2021 | Civil | Rule 60 | Considered |
| 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (Gino G. Agnello) (00-CR-A) | 04/11/2000 | Criminal | Rule 32 | Considered |
| Richard T. Seymour (17-CV-NNN) | 07/25/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Roy T. Englert, Jr., Esq (13-AP-B) | 03/18/2013 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Considered |
| George Weiss (19-BK-D) | 03/23/2019 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7004 | Considered |
| Professor Bradley Scott Shannon (02-CV-F) | 06/10/2002 | Civil | Civil Rules and Forms | Considered |
| Steven A. Hirsch (17-AP-D) | 04/14/2017 | Appellate | Rule 28 | Considered |
| Skinner Law Firm (17-CV-GGGGG) | 08/02/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Laura Myerson Isicoff (07-BK-F) | 11/26/2007 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 1 | Considered |
| Hon. S. Martin Teel, Jr. (15-BK-B) | 02/23/2015 | Bankruptcy | Form 263, Bill of Costs | Considered |
| U.S. Trustee Program (03-BK-D) | 08/15/2003 | Bankruptcy | Rules 2003, 2016, 4002, 4004, 7001 and Schedule I | 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 |
| Sai (15-BK-I) | 09/07/2015 | Bankruptcy | Proposed Rule Changes for Fairness to Pro Se and IFP Litigants | Considered |
| Sai (15-CV-EE) | 09/07/2015 | Civil | Rules 5 and 7 | Considered |
| H. Brent McKnight Jr. (20-CR-J) | 11/08/2020 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Considered |
| James J. Curry, Jr., Esq. (13-CV-C) | 02/22/2013 | Civil | Rule 68 | Considered |
| Ana M. Kocur, General Counsel, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (18-CV-EE) | 12/18/2018 | Civil | Rule 5.2(c) | Considered |
| Hon. Robert E. Jones (11-CR-B) | 07/06/2011 | Criminal | Rule 24(b) | Considered |
| Hon. James A. Pusateri (00-BK-H) | 08/14/2000 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2002 | Considered |
| Hon. Morton Denlow (00-CV-F) | 08/08/2000 | Civil | Option for Summary Bench Trials | Considered |
| Alliance for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (17-CV-B) | 01/24/2017 | Civil | Rule 45 | Considered |
| Hon. Joel M. Flaum (06-CR-E) | 06/19/2006 | Criminal | Sealed Cases | Considered |
| Martin Monica (17-CV-EEEEEE) | 10/11/2017 | Civil | Rule 5 | Considered |
| George Weiss (19-BK-J) | 09/10/2019 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7004 | 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. William R. Wilson, Jr. (06-CV-G) | 11/09/2006 | Civil | Discovery Rules | Considered |