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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. David Stradley (17-CV-X) | 07/10/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| American Association for Justice (18-CV-D) | 01/17/2018 | Civil | Special Procedural Rules for Social Security Litigation in District Court | Pending consideration |
| Nitin Sud (17-CV-EEE) | 07/21/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Public Citizen Litigation Group (15-CV-T) | 04/09/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar (17-CV-GGGG) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (19-CV-G) | 03/25/2019 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Amy Reverdy (15-CV-HH) | 10/14/2015 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
| Hon. Michael Baylson (19-CV-V) | 06/26/2019 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
| 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 |
| Hon. Morton Denlow (00-CV-F) | 08/08/2000 | Civil | Option for Summary Bench Trials | Considered |
| Hon. Neil Gorsuch and Hon. Susan Graber (16-CV-F) | 06/13/2016 | Civil | Jury Trials in Civil Cases | Pending consideration |
| Twenty-Eight Companies (21-CV-U) | 09/28/2021 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
| Gerchen Keller Capital, LLC; Burford Capital LLC; Bentham IMF (14-CV-B-1) | 10/21/2014 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
| Michael Norman (20-CV-M) | 07/29/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
| Nancy F. Reynolds (17-CV-L) | 05/24/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Professor Jeffrey A. Parness (05-CV-A) | 01/10/2005 | Civil | Rule 16 | Considered |
| Washington Legal Foundation (17-CV-CCCCCC) | 09/27/2017 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning MDL Cases | Pending consideration |
| Bryce Cook (17-CV-OO) | 07/18/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Adam Steinman (15-CV-D) | 02/24/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Josh E. Eden (17-CV-QQQ) | 07/26/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Brian Devine (19-CV-P) | 06/25/2019 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning MDL Cases | Pending consideration |
| Troy J. Doucet (15-CV-X) | 08/21/2015 | Civil | Rule 45 | Considered |
| Christine E. Webber (17-CV-WWWW) | 08/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Pending consideration |
| Benjamin C. Mizer (15-CV-PP) | 12/04/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Sai (19-CV-FF) | 10/25/2019 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking on Official Capacity Parties | Considered |
| John Vail, Esq. (11-CV-I) | 11/03/2011 | Civil | Preservation Rules | Considered |
| Hon. D. Brock Hornby (02-CV-J) | 10/29/2002 | Civil | Rule 12(f) | Considered |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (17-CV-RRRRR) | 08/10/2017 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning MDL Cases | Pending consideration |
| Sai (20-CV-Y) | 08/24/2020 | Civil | Rule 60 | Considered |
| Sen. Ron Wyden (22-CV-S) | 08/04/2022 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on redaction of SSNs | Pending consideration |