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. Mark R. Kravitz and Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal (09-CV-D) | 12/28/2009 | Civil | Whether 14 Days is sufficient for automatic stay under R. 62(a) | Considered |
| Joseph Myer Sanderson (17-CV-P) | 06/06/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Dennis P. Murphy (17-CV-RRR) | 07/26/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| American Tort Reform Association (18-CV-O) | 06/08/2018 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Aaron Ahern (18-CR-A) | 02/08/2018 | Criminal | Considered | |
| Adam Steinman (15-CV-D) | 02/24/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Hon. Barry S. Schermer (12-BK-C) | 02/21/2012 | Bankruptcy | Official Form B10A | Considered |
| Hon. Jesse Furman (20-CR-C) | 03/15/2020 | Criminal | Rule 43 | Considered |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (15-CV-FF) | 10/09/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| National Employment Lawyers Association (19-CV-K) | 03/27/2019 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| John J. Dilenschneider (97-BK-D) | 06/09/1997 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9011(c)(2)(B) | Considered |
| Hon. B. Janice Ellington (03-CR-D) | 07/24/2003 | Criminal | Rule 41 | Considered |
| Hon. Susan P. Graber (16-EV-A) | 01/21/2016 | Evidence | Rule 803 | Considered |
| Thomas H. Padgett, Jr. (17-CV-CCC) | 07/21/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (09-BK-F) | 06/25/2009 | Bankruptcy | New Bankruptcy Form, B261C | Considered |
| ABA Section of Litigation/Members of the Council and Federal Practice Task Force (16-CV-A) | 01/26/2016 | Civil | Rules 30 and 45 | Considered |
| Catherine M. Riga (17-AP-A) | 03/30/2017 | Appellate | Rules 4 and 27 | Considered |
| American College of Trial Lawyers (17-CV-DDD) | 07/21/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Kathleen Crosser (09-BK-G) | 10/07/2009 | Bankruptcy | Chapter 15 Rules and Forms | Considered |
| Neal K. Katyal and Sean Marotta (16-AP-D) | 10/15/2016 | Appellate | Rule 3 | Considered |
| Hon. Clay D. Land (13-CR-A) | 10/07/2013 | Criminal | Rule 53 | Considered |
| Hon. Vincent P. Zurzolo (04-BK-F) | 02/10/2005 | Bankruptcy | Rule 6004(a), 2002(c)(1), 2002(p) | Considered |
| Catherine T. Struve, Reporter (15-AP-B) | 04/09/2015 | Appellate | Rule 26 | Considered |
| Dana McWay (21-BK-N) | 10/13/2021 | Bankruptcy | Proposed rulemaking on unclaimed funds | Considered |
| Bowman and Brooke, LLP (17-CV-EEEE) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Congressman Jim Gibbons for Thomas Krummer (00-CR-B) | 03/21/2000 | Criminal | Rule 7 | Considered |
| Risner and Graham (17-CV-NN) | 07/18/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Mark A. Redmiles, Esq. (08-BK-G) | 08/22/2008 | Bankruptcy | Interim Rule 1017, Interim Rule 4004© | Considered |
| American Association for Justice (17-EV-A) | 08/30/2017 | Evidence | Rule 801(d)(1)(A) | Considered |
| Kelly D. Warfield (07-CR-C) | 10/29/2007 | Criminal | AEDPA Statute of Limitations | Considered |