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. Colleen A. Brown and Hon. Robert E. Littlefield, Jr. (09-BK-M) | 11/03/2009 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7004(h) | Considered |
| Hon. Michael Chagares (19-BK-H) | 06/03/2019 | Bankruptcy | Proposed Rulemaking on Electronic Filing Deadline | Pending consideration |
| Gary Streeting (14-BK-G) | 12/17/2014 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2002 | Considered |
| Daniel J. Demers (98-BK-C) | 08/14/1998 | Bankruptcy | Request for Study of Relationship of SEC (Bulletin No. 2) and Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure | Considered |
| Hon. Keith M. Lundin (03-BK-A) | 03/04/2003 | Bankruptcy | Development of a Chapter 13 Plan Form | Considered |
| Hon. Robert E. Gerber (08-BK-M) | 01/09/2009 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2019 | Considered |
| Honorable Eric L. Frank (13-BK-B) | 02/11/2013 | Bankruptcy | Form B1 | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (11-BK-B) | 05/28/2011 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002(a) | Considered |
| Hon. Audrey G. Fleissig (20-BK-E) | 01/15/2020 | Bankruptcy | Proposed rulemaking on CM/ECF electronic signatures | Pending consideration |
| Ali Elahinejad (00-BK-E) | 03/03/2000 | Bankruptcy | Official Bankruptcy Form B9C | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (06-BK-A) | 03/16/2006 | Bankruptcy | Authorization of Corporations and Entities Involving Less Than $5000 Without Representation | 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 |
| US Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Alabama (Douglas F. Young) (07-BK-B) | 01/24/2007 | Bankruptcy | Suggested creating PDF-fillable forms | Considered |
| Judge Eric Frank (20-BK-C) | 02/10/2020 | Bankruptcy | Form B410A | Considered |
| Stephen Brown (21-BK-L) | 08/24/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3011 and proposed rulemaking on unclaimed funds | Considered |
| Hon. Robert J. Kressel (03-BK-B) | 07/09/2003 | Bankruptcy | Rules 3007, 5005(c), 7004(b)(3) | Considered |
| Hon. Robert D. Drain (08-BK-N) | 01/13/2009 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2019 | Considered |
| Travis A. Gagnier (18-BK-B) | 01/24/2018 | Bankruptcy | Form 3180W | Considered |
| Robert R. Barnes (03-BK-C) | 07/07/2003 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9001 | Considered |
| National Bankruptcy Conference (Jonathan G. Katz) (08-BK-O) | 02/06/2009 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2019 | Considered |
| American Bankruptcy Institute's Task Force on National Ethics Standards (13-BK-C) | 03/14/2013 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2014 | Considered |
| Wendell J. Sherk, Esq. (11-BK-C) | 06/08/2011 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 22 | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (00-BK-F) | 06/27/2000 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002(c) | Considered |
| Hon. Laura Myerson Isicoff (07-BK-F) | 11/26/2007 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 1 | Considered |
| American Bar Association, Section of Business Law (17-BK-B) | 06/06/2017 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2004 | Considered |
| Kelly Sweeney (06-BK-B) | 05/05/2006 | Bankruptcy | Modification to the Reaffirmation Agreement Form | Considered |
| Kilpatrick & Associates (Richardo I. Kilpatrick, Esq.) (10-BK-A) | 01/13/2010 | Bankruptcy | Director's Form 240A inconsistent with Bankruptcy Code | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (07-BK-C) | 05/30/2007 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1019(2), Rule 4003(b) | Considered |
| National Employment Lawyers Association (17-CV-I) | 03/20/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Pending consideration |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (14-CV-F) | 08/09/2014 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |