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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Committee on Court Administration and Case Management of the Judicial Conference of the United States (Hon. John W. Lungstrum) (04-CR-C) | 08/02/2004 | Criminal | CM/ECF – Mandatory Electronic Filing | Considered |
| John D. Gleissner, Esq. (05-EV-A) | 01/27/2005 | Evidence | Medical Billing/Admission of Evidence and Testimonies | Considered |
| Mark Watson (17-AP-E) | 04/17/2017 | Appellate | Rule 28 | Considered |
| Clay Guise (17-CV-HHHHH) | 08/02/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Sai (19-CV-FF) | 10/25/2019 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking on Official Capacity Parties | Considered |
| Mark Estes, Esq. (09-CV-B) | 06/21/2009 | Civil | Electronic Service | Considered |
| Experian (03-BK-E) | 10/09/2003 | Bankruptcy | Direct Access of SSN Exclusion for Credit Reporting Agencies | Considered |
| J. P. Kemp (17-CV-ZZ) | 07/20/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| James J. Curry, Jr. (18-CV-F) | 01/19/2018 | Civil | Rule 68 | Considered |
| American Bar Association Governmental Affairs Office (Robert D. Evans) (01-CR-B) | 03/02/2001 | Criminal | Rule 6 & 35 | Considered |
| H. Brent McKnight Jr. (20-CR-J) | 11/08/2020 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Considered |
| Sai (15-CR-D) | 09/07/2015 | Criminal | Proposed Rule Changes for Fairness to Pro Se and IFP Litigants | Considered |
| Ana M. Kocur, General Counsel, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (18-CV-EE) | 12/18/2018 | Civil | Rule 5.2(c) | Considered |
| Hon. Barbara B. Crabb (00-CV-G) | 10/05/2000 | Civil | Rule 5.1, (Appellate Rule 44) | Considered |
| Roy H. Wepner, Esq. (00-CV-H) | 11/30/2000 | Civil | Rule 6 | Considered |
| Commercial Law League of America (01-BK-A) | 01/10/2001 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2014, Rule 9014, 7026 | Considered |
| Allison M. Zieve, Esq. ( Public Citizen Litigation Group) (11-CR-D) | 12/15/2011 | Criminal | Rule 6(e) | Considered |
| Bankruptcy Judges Advisory Group (Hon. Margaret Dee McGarity) (09-BK-H) | 11/17/2009 | Bankruptcy | Individual Chapter 11 Cases, Rule 3007(a) Hearings Following Objections to Claims | Considered |
| George Weiss (19-BK-K) | 09/16/2019 | Bankruptcy | Proposed Rulemaking regarding DSO certification; Supplements 19-BK-I | Considered |
| Unitel (William P. Callahan, Esq.) (07-CV-A) | 03/08/2007 | Civil | Rule 45 | Considered |
| Hon. Susan P. Graber (15-CR-C) | 08/07/2015 | Criminal | Rules 32.1 and 23 | Considered |
| David W. Ostrander, Esq. (13-BK-A) | 01/10/2013 | Bankruptcy | Individual Debtor Cases | Considered |
| Mary E. Kelly (17-CV-CCCC) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Debbie Lewis (18-BK-E) | 07/31/2018 | Bankruptcy | Official Forms 101A and 101B | Considered |
| Hon. A. Thomas Small (11-BK-E) | 07/24/2011 | Bankruptcy | Bankruptcy Rules 7016 and 8001 | Considered |
| Hon. James S. Sledge (98-BK-E) | 12/07/1998 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3015 | Considered |
| Federal Defender Sentencing Guideline Committee (Jon M. Sands) (06-CR-H) | 10/24/2006 | Criminal | Rule 32(h) | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (16-BK-D) | 04/06/2016 | Bankruptcy | Rule 4001(c) | Considered |
| Hon. Vincent Zurzolo (08-BK-H) | 08/22/2008 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9014(b) | Considered |
| John H. Hickey (17-CV-VVVVV) | 08/15/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |