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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Bush Ellison (09-CR-C) | 11/24/2009 | Criminal | Rules 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 | Considered |
| John Vail (16-CV-H) | 11/02/2016 | Civil | Citation of Supplemental Authorities | Considered |
| Innocence Project (17-EV-B) | 09/01/2017 | Evidence | Rule 801(d)(1)(A) | Considered |
| Gary Streeting, Esq. (13-BK-G) | 06/27/2013 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1015 | Considered |
| Professor Patrick J. Schiltz (05-CV-I) | 12/10/2005 | Civil | Rule 5 | Considered |
| Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc (20-EV-G) | 07/29/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| NW Consumer Law Center (15-CV-W) | 05/13/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Matthew P. Millea (17-CV-GG) | 07/17/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Michael A. Fritz, Esq. (09-BK-A) | 02/13/2009 | Bankruptcy | Official Bankruptcy Forms | Considered |
| Alan Schoenbaum, Esq. (13-CV-B) | 02/15/2013 | Civil | Rule 68 | Considered |
| Thomas Moers Mayer (21-BK-D) | 02/16/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3007(c) | 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 |
| David J. Romano (17-CV-YYY) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. S. Martin Teel, Jr. (12-BK-D) | 02/27/2012 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7001 | Considered |
| Committee on Federal Procedure of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association (Gregory K. Arenson, Esq.) (04-CV-B) | 03/01/2004 | Civil | Rule 30 | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (98-BK-A) | 01/16/1998 | Bankruptcy | Small Claims Procedure for Certain Adversary Proceedings | Considered |
| United States Department of Justice (Benton J. Campbell) (06-CR-D) | 01/05/2006 | Criminal | Rule 41(b) | Considered |
| Hon. Bruce Reinhart (21-CR-K) | 10/26/2021 | Criminal | Rule 5 | Considered |
| Hon. Pamela S. Hollis (17-BK-C) | 06/20/2017 | Bankruptcy | Form 423 | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (08-BK-A) | 03/10/2008 | Bankruptcy | Director's Form 240A | Considered |
| Hon. Joel M. Flaum (06-CR-E) | 06/19/2006 | Criminal | Sealed Cases | Considered |
| Craig W. Drummond (17-CV-R) | 06/30/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Robert Kressel (08-BK-B) | 03/11/2008 | Bankruptcy | Rule 6003 | Considered |
| Christopher Landau (17-AP-G) | 11/09/2017 | Appellate | Rule 42(b) | Considered |
| Altec, Inc. (20-EV-A) | 01/31/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Daniel DeWit (11-CV-B) | 08/25/2011 | Civil | Civil Rule 33 (Interrogatories) | Considered |
| Robert M. Miller (15-CR-E) | 10/26/2015 | Criminal | Electronic Case Filing for Pro Se Litigants | Considered |
| Wendell J. Sherk, Esq. (11-BK-C) | 06/08/2011 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 22 | Considered |
| Jonathan Feigenbaum (17-CV-JJJ) | 07/25/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Roger I. Roots, J.D., Ph.D. (13-AP-A) | 03/15/2013 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Considered |