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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. Michael M. Baylson (05-CR-F) | 11/02/2005 | Criminal | AEDPA/Habeas Petitions | Considered |
| Kelly D. Warfield (07-CR-C) | 10/29/2007 | Criminal | AEDPA Statute of Limitations | Considered |
| Professor David J. Sharpe (07-CV-D) | 05/06/2008 | Civil | Admiralty Rules | Considered |
| The Maritime Law Association of the United States (William R. Dorsey) (01-CV-B) | 06/15/2001 | Civil | Admiralty Rule B | Considered |
| Hon. Robert D. Martin (05-BK-D) | 11/01/2005 | Bankruptcy | Addressing Notices Pursuant to Rule 2002 | Considered |
| Usha Jain (20-AP-C) | 06/24/2020 | Appellate | Access to electronic filing system for pro se litigants | Pending consideration |
| Thomas Moers Mayer (16-CV-J) | 11/21/2016 | Civil | A new Federal Rule of Civil Procedure to apply to cases under Title VI of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act | Considered |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (18-CV-X) | 09/14/2018 | Civil | 7, 20, 23.3 (new), 26(a) | Pending consideration |
| Appeal Finality After Consolidation Joint Subcommittee | 03/27/2018 | Civil | 42(a) | Pending consideration |
| Appeal Finality After Consolidation Joint Subcommittee | 03/27/2018 | Appellate | 42(a) | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Samuel L. Bufford (05-BK-B) | 09/15/2005 | Bankruptcy | 4003(b) | Considered |
| Loan Syndications and Trading Association and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Mark Thompson, Esaq.) (07-BK-G) | 11/26/2007 | Bankruptcy | 2019 | Considered |
| Thomas J. Yerbich (04-BK-G) | 02/10/2005 | Bankruptcy | 1019(3) | Considered |
| Sai (21-CV-J) | 04/14/2021 | Civil | Rule 5(d) | Pending consideration |
| Sai (21-CV-I) | 04/14/2021 | Civil | Rule 4(i) | Pending consideration |
| Sai (21-CV-K) | 04/16/2021 | Civil | Rule 4(c) | Considered |
| Fred Wilcon (19-CR-E) | 12/24/2019 | Criminal | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Subpoenas | Pending consideration |
| Fred Wilcon (19-AP-H) | 12/24/2019 | Appellate | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Subpoenas | Considered |
| Gary Peel (21-CV-M) | 05/17/2021 | Civil | New rule regarding time frame for motion resolution | Considered |
| Joni Albanese (17-CR-E) | 12/16/2017 | Criminal | Considered | |
| Aaron Ahern (18-CR-A) | 02/08/2018 | Criminal | Considered | |
| Hon. Robert Faris (22-BK-A) | 02/10/2022 | Bankruptcy | Considered | |
| Inventors Defense Alliance (24-CV-Y) | 10/08/2024 | Civil |