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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hon. S. Martin Teel, Jr. (15-BK-B) | 02/23/2015 | Bankruptcy | Form 263, Bill of Costs | Considered |
| Christian J. Gabroy (17-CV-T) | 07/03/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Mark Bennett (19-CV-S) | 07/16/2019 | Civil | Rule 68 | Considered |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (20-EV-Y) | 10/20/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Bankruptcy Judges Advisory Group (Hon. Michael E. Romero) (09-BK-N) | 12/22/2009 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3007(a), Service of an objection under proof of claim | Considered |
| Hon. Tommy E. Miller (00-CR-E) | 12/11/2000 | Criminal | Rules 42 & 58 (Federal Courts Improvement Act) | Considered |
| Walt Auvil (17-CV-LLL) | 07/25/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Victor Schwartz (18-CV-P) | 06/07/2018 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. David S. Kennedy (09-BK-E) | 04/13/2009 | Bankruptcy | Special Masters | Considered |
| Hon. Jane J. Boyle (02-CV-B) | 02/20/2002 | Civil | Rule 54 | Considered |
| Daniel DeWit (11-CV-B) | 08/25/2011 | Civil | Civil Rule 33 (Interrogatories) | Considered |
| Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP (17-CV-MMM) | 07/25/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| International Association of Defense Counsel (18-CV-Q) | 06/06/2018 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (09-BK-F) | 06/25/2009 | Bankruptcy | New Bankruptcy Form, B261C | Considered |
| James A. Andrews (02-CV-C) | 04/08/2002 | Civil | Court Filing Fee Procedures | Considered |
| James Polt (11-CV-C) | 08/23/2011 | Civil | Civil Rule 26(f) | Considered |
| Ali Elahinejad (00-BK-E) | 03/03/2000 | Bankruptcy | Official Bankruptcy Form B9C | Considered |
| Bell & Shivas PC (21-CR-F) | 04/30/2021 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Considered |
| Hon. Robert E. Jones (11-CR-B) | 07/06/2011 | Criminal | Rule 24(b) | Considered |
| Hon. Jennifer A. Dorsey (17-AP-C) | 04/11/2017 | Appellate | Rule 28 | Considered |
| Public Justice, P.C. and Public Justice Foundation (19-CV-M) | 03/29/2019 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| National Employment Lawyers Association (17-CV-OOOOO) | 08/08/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Corey J. L. Walker (17-CV-XX) | 07/20/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Robert Kressel (08-BK-F) | 08/11/2008 | Bankruptcy | Director's Form 240 | Considered |
| Kenneth A. Lazarus, Esq. and Professor Paul Rothstein (08-CV-C) | 10/27/2008 | Civil | Rules 8, 12, 16 & 37 | Considered |
| Hon. Catherine McEwen (21-BK-F) | 02/18/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1007(c) | Considered |
| American Bankruptcy Institute's Task Force on National Ethics Standards (13-BK-C) | 03/14/2013 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2014 | Considered |
| Sai (15-BK-I) | 09/07/2015 | Bankruptcy | Proposed Rule Changes for Fairness to Pro Se and IFP Litigants | Considered |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (18-CV-K) | 04/06/2018 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Samuel L. Bufford (05-BK-B) | 09/15/2005 | Bankruptcy | 4003(b) | Considered |