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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. Stephen E. Sachs and Logan T. Mohs (12-CV-F) | 11/01/2012 | Civil | Rule 77(c)(1) | Considered |
| International Association of Defense Counsel (19-CV-EE) | 10/30/2019 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning MDL Cases | Pending consideration |
| Terrell Marshal Law Group PLLC (17-CV-EEEEE) | 08/02/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Public Citizen Litigation Group (Paul A. Levy, Esq.) (06-CV-B) | 03/17/2006 | Civil | Electronic Acknowl. of Service | Considered |
| Hon. Patricia Barksdale (20-CV-F) | 05/05/2020 | Civil | Rule 72 | Pending consideration |
| Koji Fukumura, et al. (17-CV-DDDDDD) | 10/13/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Sen. Charles Grassley and Rep. Darrell Issa (21-CV-L) | 05/03/2021 | Civil | Third party litigation funding | Pending consideration |
| Koji Fukumura, et al (18-CV-N) | 05/24/2018 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Usha Jain (22-CV-C) | 02/14/2022 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Catherine McEwen (22-CV-I) | 07/12/2022 | Civil | Rule 45 | Pending consideration |
| John C. Ireland (17-CV-III) | 07/24/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Christian J. Gabroy (17-CV-T) | 07/03/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Ingrid M. Evans (15-CV-Q) | 04/02/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Carol Dalenko (10-CV-F) | 02/03/2011 | Civil | Rules 15(a)(1) and 12(f) | Considered |
| Hon. Gene E.K. Pratter (23-CV-D) | 02/22/2023 | Civil | Rule 60(b) | Pending consideration |
| Christina Stephenson (17-CV-OOOO) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. William R. Wilson, Jr. (04-CV-D) | 02/24/2004 | Civil | Discovery Rules | Considered |
| J. P. Kemp (17-CV-ZZ) | 07/20/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Public Justice and the Public Justice Foundation (17-CV-TTTTT) | 08/11/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| U.S. Department of Justice (20-CV-B) | 02/26/2020 | Civil | Rule 12 | Considered |
| Denise Richardson Crabbe (20-CV-L) | 07/19/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (21-CV-G) | 03/24/2021 | Civil | New Rule 5.3 | Pending consideration |
| Sai (15-CV-GG) | 09/28/2015 | Civil | Rule 8 and Forms 10-21 | Considered |
| Heather Abraham, Alex Abdo, and Jonathan Manes (21-CV-T) | 09/03/2021 | Civil | New Rule 5.3 | Pending consideration |
| Mark Wray (15-CV-A) | 01/17/2015 | Civil | Rule 81 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Neil Gorsuch and Hon. Susan Graber (16-CV-F) | 06/13/2016 | Civil | Jury Trials in Civil Cases | Pending consideration |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (18-CV-X) | 09/14/2018 | Civil | 7, 20, 23.3 (new), 26(a) | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Vaughn R. Walker (07-CV-F) | 08/15/2008 | Civil | Electronic Attachments | Considered |
| Brian Devine (19-CV-P) | 06/25/2019 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning MDL Cases | Pending consideration |
| Dave Maxfield (17-CV-ZZZ) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |