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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert R. Barnes (03-BK-C) | 07/07/2003 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9001 | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (19-BK-I) | 08/21/2019 | Bankruptcy | Proposed rulemaking regarding DSO certification. | Considered |
| Bradley Halberstadt, Esq. (09-BK-L) | 12/16/2009 | Bankruptcy | Director's Form 240A inconsistent with Bankruptcy Code | Considered |
| Honorable Stuart Bernstein (13-BK-I) | 08/02/2013 | Bankruptcy | Forms 9F and 9F(Alt.) | Considered |
| Alane A. Becket (18-BK-A) | 01/25/2018 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 113 and Rule 3015.1 | Considered |
| American Bankruptcy Institute’s Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy (18-BK-H) | 11/29/2018 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002.1 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar, Hon. Carol Doyle and Hon. Bruce W. Black (11-BK-K) | 11/23/2011 | Bankruptcy | Bankruptcy Rules 7008, 9027 and 9033, and new rule 7008.1 | Considered |
| Tom Scherer (00-BK-G) | 06/26/2000 | Bankruptcy | Manipulation of Bar Codes in Mailings Containing Federal Court Documents | Considered |
| Hon. Keith M. Lundin (08-BK-L) | 12/05/2008 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2003 | Considered |
| Hon. Wesley Steen (06-BK-C) | 06/26/2006 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3019 | Considered |
| Hon. Thomas W. Waldrep, Jr. (10-BK-N) | 12/27/2010 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7.3 | Considered |
| Robert B. Katz, Esq. (12-BK-F) | 04/17/2012 | Bankruptcy | Schedules I and J | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (21-BK-M) | 09/20/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 8006(g) | Pending consideration |
| Laura Bartell (22-BK-D) | 06/19/2022 | Bankruptcy | Rule 5009(b) | Pending consideration |
| U.S. Trustee Program (03-BK-D) | 08/15/2003 | Bankruptcy | Rules 2003, 2016, 4002, 4004, 7001 and Schedule I | Considered |
| Experian (03-BK-E) | 10/09/2003 | Bankruptcy | Direct Access of SSN Exclusion for Credit Reporting Agencies | Considered |
| Hon. Colleen A. Brown and Hon. Robert E. Littlefield, Jr. (09-BK-M) | 11/03/2009 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7004(h) | Considered |
| Neil Enmark, Esq. (13-BK-J) | 09/23/2013 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2016(b) | Considered |
| Sandra Milburn (18-BK-I) | 12/05/2018 | Bankruptcy | Statement of Intention | Considered |
| Hon. Arthur J. Gonzalez (11-BK-L) | 12/10/2011 | Bankruptcy | Proposed modification to the Standing Order of Referral | Considered |
| Hon. James A. Pusateri (00-BK-H) | 08/14/2000 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2002 | Considered |
| Hon. Robert E. Gerber (08-BK-M) | 01/09/2009 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2019 | Considered |
| Bankruptcy Case Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) Working Group (06-BK-D) | 08/18/2006 | Bankruptcy | Rules 8006, 8007 | Considered |
| David Andersen, Esq. (11-BK-A) | 03/16/2011 | Bankruptcy | Eliminate Unnecessary Mail Notices in Bankruptcy Cases | Considered |
| Hon. Thomas L. Saladino (12-BK-G) | 05/04/2012 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002.1 | Considered |
| Sai (21-BK-H) | 04/09/2021 | Bankruptcy | Pro se electronic signatures and CM/ECF | Considered |
| Laura Bartell (22-BK-E) | 06/19/2022 | Bankruptcy | Form 309 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. David H. Adams (98-BK-D) | 10/15/1998 | Bankruptcy | Service of Motions and Pleadings on Corporations, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Associations | Considered |
| James A. Andrews (02-CV-C) | 04/08/2002 | Civil | Court Filing Fee Procedures | Considered |
| Skinner Law Firm (17-CV-GGGGG) | 08/02/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |