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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laila S. Gonzalez, Esq. (12-BK-K) | 07/25/2012 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002.1 | Considered |
| Hon. Barry S. Schermer (12-BK-J) | 06/25/2012 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002.1 | Considered |
| Hon. Thomas L. Saladino (12-BK-G) | 05/04/2012 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002.1 | Considered |
| Robert B. Katz, Esq. (12-BK-F) | 04/17/2012 | Bankruptcy | Schedules I and J | Considered |
| Hon. John E. Waites (12-BK-I) | 04/10/2012 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1006(b) | Considered |
| Hon. John McBryde (12-CV-B) | 04/06/2012 | Civil | Rule 15 | Considered |
| Alan N. Resnick (12-BK-H) | 03/21/2012 | Bankruptcy | New Rule 8018.1 | Considered |
| Petition by Russell Alexander (12-CV-A) | 03/14/2012 | Civil | Rule 4 | Considered |
| Hon. Richard S. Schmidt (12-BK-E) | 03/05/2012 | Bankruptcy | Rules 7008, 7012, 9014 and 9027 | Considered |
| Hon. S. Martin Teel, Jr. (12-BK-D) | 02/27/2012 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7001 | Considered |
| Hon. Barry S. Schermer (12-BK-C) | 02/21/2012 | Bankruptcy | Official Form B10A | Considered |
| Peter Goldberger (NACDL) (12-AP-B) | 02/14/2012 | Appellate | Form 4 | Considered |
| Hon. Christina Reiss (12-CR-A) | 02/14/2012 | Criminal | Rule 16(a) | Considered |
| Matthew T. Loughney (Bankruptcy Noticing Working Group) (12-BK-B) | 02/06/2012 | Bankruptcy | New Rule to Address Chapter 13 Notice of Entry of a Confirmation Order | Considered |
| Hon. Michael J. Kaplan (12-BK-A) | 02/01/2012 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 3B | Considered |
| David S. Yen, Esq. (11-BK-N) | 01/25/2012 | Bankruptcy | Form 3B | Considered |
| Jim F. Spencer, Jr., Esq. (11-BK-M) | 12/15/2011 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9027 | Considered |
| Allison M. Zieve, Esq. ( Public Citizen Litigation Group) (11-CR-D) | 12/15/2011 | Criminal | Rule 6(e) | Considered |
| Hon. Arthur J. Gonzalez (11-BK-L) | 12/10/2011 | Bankruptcy | Proposed modification to the Standing Order of Referral | Considered |
| Amy M. Smith, Esq. (11-AP-F) | 12/07/2011 | Appellate | Consider amendment authorizing discretionary interlocutory appeals from attorney-client privilege rulings | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar, Hon. Carol Doyle and Hon. Bruce W. Black (11-BK-K) | 11/23/2011 | Bankruptcy | Bankruptcy Rules 7008, 9027 and 9033, and new rule 7008.1 | Considered |
| Roger I. Roots, Esq. (11-AP-E) | 11/14/2011 | Appellate | Rule 4 | Considered |
| Ariana J. Tadler, Esq. and William P. Butterfield, Esq. (11-CV-G) | 11/06/2011 | Civil | Discovery Rules | Considered |
| T. Jones (11-CV-H) | 11/05/2011 | Civil | Commencing an Action, Pleadings | Considered |
| John Vail, Esq. (11-CV-I) | 11/03/2011 | Civil | Preservation Rules | Considered |
| Barry H. Bauman, Esq. for himself, and on behalf of Lawyers for Civil Justice, the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, the International Association of Defense Counsel and DRI - Voice of the Defense Bar (11-CV-E) | 10/31/2011 | Civil | Discovery Rules | Considered |
| Hon. Eric H. Holder, Jr. (11-CR-C) | 10/20/2011 | Criminal | Rule 6(e) (amendment regarding historically significant grand jury material) | Considered |
| Joseph Johnson, Jr. (11-CV-F) | 10/19/2011 | Civil | Civil Rule 11 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Erik P. Kimball (11-BK-I) | 10/13/2011 | Bankruptcy | Rules 7008 and 7012 | Considered |
| Debra Miller (11-BK-H) | 09/28/2011 | Bankruptcy | Deficiency Claims | Considered |