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Rules Comments

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Name of Individual and/or Organization Date Received Committee Rule or Form
Committee on Civil Litigation of the United States District Court for New York - ED (07-CV-002) 10/26/2007 Civil Time-Computation Amendments
Committee on Civil Litigation of the United States District Court for New York-ED (07-AP-002) 10/26/2007 Appellate Time-Computation Amendments
Committee on Civil Litigation of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (05-CV-008) 11/30/2005 Civil Style Rules 4, 7, 11, 15, 16
Committee on Civil Litigation of the US District Court in the Eastern District of New York (Guy Miller Struve) (08-CV-098) 12/22/2008 Civil 26 & 56
CompuLaw (Ellie M. Bertwell) (08-BK-004) 02/12/2009 Bankruptcy 1004.2(b)
Computer Forensics Inc. (Joan Feldman, President) (04-CV-038) 12/09/2004 Civil Civil Rules
Conference of Chief Bankruptcy Judges of the Ninth Circuit (Honorable Robert J. Faris) (08-CV-192) 03/25/2009 Civil 56
Congressman James R. Langevin (09-BK-034) 02/04/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Congressman Lamar Smith (09-BK-135) 02/16/2010 Bankruptcy Rules 3001 and 3002.1
Connecticut Bar Association (Frederic S. Ury, President) (04-CV-250) 02/23/2005 Civil Civil Rules
Consumers Attorneys of California (Frank M. Pitre, President Elect) (04-CV-043) 12/13/2004 Civil Electronic Discovery
Council of Appellate Lawyers (Bennett Evan Cooper and Steven Finell) (08-AP-005) 02/17/2009 Appellate Rule 29
Craig D. Ball, Esq. (04-CV-112) 01/12/2005 Civil Civil Rules
Craig H. Shopneck, Chapter 13 Trustee (04-BK-030) 02/17/2005 Bankruptcy 4002
Craig L. Hymowitz, Esq. (03-AP-421) 02/17/2004 Appellate 32.1
Craig Rosler, Esq. (03-AP-149) 01/23/2004 Appellate 32.1
Craig Wilkie, Esq. (03-AP-194) 01/28/2004 Appellate 32.1
Creditors Bankruptcy Service (Timothy D. Zeiger) (09-BK-132) 02/16/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Creditors Interchange Receivables Management, LLC (Raymond P. Bell, Jr.) (09-BK-007) 11/19/2009 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Cristina Rodriguez (09-BK-067) 02/10/2010 Bankruptcy Rules 3001 and 3002.1
Cunningham, Bounds, Yance, Crowder and Brown, L.L.C. (Gregory B. Breedlove, Esq., on behalf of all lawyers in the firm) (04-CV-128) 01/31/2005 Civil 16, 26, 37, 50
Cunningham, Bounds, Yance, Crowder, and Brown, L.L.C. (Gregory B. Breedlove, Esq., on behalf of all the lawyers in the firm) (04-EV-008) 01/31/2005 Evidence 408
Cynthia L. Pollick (08-CV-168) 02/17/2009 Civil 56
Cynthia S. Hahn, Esq. (03-AP-320) 02/10/2004 Appellate 32.1
Cyril V. Smith (06-EV-030) 12/22/2006 Evidence EV Rule 502
D. Justin Harelik (09-BK-063) 02/10/2010 Bankruptcy Rules 3001 and 3002.1
D. Nathan Davis (10-BK-029) 02/11/2011 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Dabney J. Carr, IV (06-EV-038) 12/27/2006 Evidence EV Rule 502
Dabney J. Carr, IV, Esq. (04-CV-003) 08/26/2004 Civil Electronic Discovery
Damon A. Katz (03-AP-231) 02/02/2004 Appellate 32.1