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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl E. Person (01-CR-D) | 06/28/2001 | Criminal | Rule 16 | Considered |
| The Maritime Law Association of the United States (William R. Dorsey) (01-CV-B) | 06/15/2001 | Civil | Admiralty Rule B | Considered |
| Hon. Barry Russell (01-BK-D) | 04/16/2001 | Bankruptcy | Rule 4003 | Considered |
| Richard J. Douglas (01-CR-C) | 04/06/2001 | Criminal | Rule 11 | Considered |
| American Bar Association Governmental Affairs Office (Robert D. Evans) (01-CR-B) | 03/02/2001 | Criminal | Rule 6 & 35 | Considered |
| Hon. Bernard Zimmerman (01-CR-A) | 01/29/2001 | Criminal | Rule 4 | Considered |
| Patricia L. Meravi (01-BK-C) | 01/23/2001 | Bankruptcy | Rules 3017.1, 7023.1, and 7023.2 | Considered |
| Judy B. Calton | 01/12/2001 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7026 & 9014 | Considered |
| Commercial Law League of America (01-BK-A) | 01/10/2001 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2014, Rule 9014, 7026 | Considered |
| Jacques Pierre Ward (01-CV-A) | 01/08/2001 | Civil | Specify page limits for motions | Considered |
| Hon. Tommy E. Miller (00-CR-E) | 12/11/2000 | Criminal | Rules 42 & 58 (Federal Courts Improvement Act) | Considered |
| Professor Stephen D. Easton (00-CV-I) | 12/04/2000 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
| Roy H. Wepner, Esq. (00-CV-H) | 11/30/2000 | Civil | Rule 6 | Considered |
| Jeremy A. Bell (00-CR-D) | 11/20/2000 | Criminal | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Hon. Barbara B. Crabb (00-CV-G) | 10/05/2000 | Civil | Rule 5.1, (Appellate Rule 44) | Considered |
| Robert L. Byer and David R. Fine (00-CR-C) | 08/15/2000 | Criminal | Criminal Rules and Forms (AEDPA) | 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 |
| Committee on Federal Procedure of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association (Gregory K. Arenson, Esq.) (00-CV-E) | 08/07/2000 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (00-BK-F) | 06/27/2000 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002(c) | Considered |
| Tom Scherer (00-CV-D) | 06/26/2000 | Civil | Manipulation of Bar Codes in Mailing | Considered |
| Tom Scherer (00-BK-G) | 06/26/2000 | Bankruptcy | Manipulation of Bar Codes in Mailings Containing Federal Court Documents | Considered |
| Alcan Aluminum Corporation (Lawrence A. Salibra, II, Esq.) (00-CV-C) | 06/05/2000 | Civil | Rule 5 | Considered |
| 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (Gino G. Agnello) (00-CR-A) | 04/11/2000 | Criminal | Rule 32 | Considered |
| State of California Department of Justice (Assistant Attorney General Dennis W. Dawson for Hon. Bill Lockyear, Attorney General) (00-CV-B) | 03/29/2000 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Congressman Jim Gibbons for Thomas Krummer (00-CR-B) | 03/21/2000 | Criminal | Rule 7 | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (00-BK-D) | 03/16/2000 | Bankruptcy | Establishment of a Small Claims Procedure | Considered |
| Ali Elahinejad (00-BK-E) | 03/03/2000 | Bankruptcy | Official Bankruptcy Form B9C | Considered |
| Kenneth J. Hirz (00-BK-C) | 02/04/2000 | Bankruptcy | Official Bankruptcy Form 10 | Considered |
| J. Michael Schaefer, Esq. (00-CV-A) | 01/24/2000 | Civil | Civil Rules | Considered |