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. Beryl Howell and Hon. Royce Lamberth (21-CR-C) | 01/03/2021 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Considered |
| Forty-Five Professors (21-BK-B) | 01/29/2021 | Bankruptcy | Proposed amendment to Rule 7001 and new rule for certain turnover actions | Considered |
| Hon. Kathy Surratt-States (21-BK-A) | 01/28/2021 | Bankruptcy | Form 101 and Form 309 | Considered |
| Ralph Brubaker, Robert Lawless, and Bruce Markell (21-BK-C) | 02/04/2021 | Bankruptcy | Proposed amendment to Rule 7001 and new rule for certain turnover actions | Considered |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (21-EV-A) | 02/08/2021 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Hon. Iain Johnston (21-CV-D) | 02/08/2021 | Civil | Rule 37 | Considered |
| Thomas Moers Mayer (21-BK-D) | 02/16/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3007(c) | Considered |
| Hon. Patricia Barksdale (21-CV-E) | 02/16/2021 | Civil | Rule 37(c)(1) | Considered |
| Hon. Timothy Dore (21-BK-E) | 02/04/2021 | Bankruptcy | Form 309E1 and Form 309E2 | Considered |
| Hon. Catherine McEwen (21-BK-F) | 02/18/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1007(c) | Considered |
| American Association for Justice (21-EV-B) | 03/12/2021 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Akiva Shapiro, Lee R. Crain, and Amanda LeSavage (21-CV-F) | 03/17/2021 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on amicus filings | Considered |
| Sai (21-BK-H) | 04/09/2021 | Bankruptcy | Pro se electronic signatures and CM/ECF | Considered |
| Gerald Gleeson (21-CR-D) | 04/14/2021 | Criminal | Proposed rule permitting plea of guilty by reason of insanity | Considered |
| Hon. Arthur Harris (21-BK-G) | 03/09/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1007, Official Form B423 | Considered |
| Sai (21-CV-K) | 04/16/2021 | Civil | Rule 4(c) | Considered |
| Sai (21-BK-I) | 04/14/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 5005 | Considered |
| Bell & Shivas PC (21-CR-F) | 04/30/2021 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Considered |
| Gary Peel (21-CR-G) | 04/28/2021 | Criminal | New rule mandating time frame for motion resolution | Considered |
| Gary Peel (21-AP-F) | 04/28/2021 | Appellate | New rule mandating time frame for motion resolution | Considered |
| Gary Peel (21-CV-M) | 05/17/2021 | Civil | New rule regarding time frame for motion resolution | Considered |
| City of Chicago (21-BK-K) | 06/04/2021 | Bankruptcy | Official Form B113 | Considered |
| Senators Tillis, Grassley, and Cornyn (21-CV-N) | 06/07/2021 | Civil | Rule 9 | Considered |
| Hon. Patricia Barksdale (21-CR-H) | 06/21/2021 | Criminal | Rule 59(b)(2) | Considered |
| Giuseppe Ippolito (21-CV-Q) | 07/04/2021 | Civil | Rule 25 | Considered |
| Daniel M. Sivilich (21-CV-S) | 07/29/2021 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| National Bankruptcy Conference (21-BK-J) | 05/17/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7001 | Considered |
| Hon. Jesse M. Furman (21-CR-I) | 08/12/2021 | Criminal | Rule 49.1 | Considered |
| Stephen Brown (21-BK-L) | 08/24/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3011 and proposed rulemaking on unclaimed funds | Considered |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (21-CV-V) | 09/29/2021 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Considered |