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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suresh Kalkunte (16-CV-G) | 09/28/2016 | Civil | Judicial procedure requiring a judge disclaim fear or intimidation influence on the judgment | Considered |
| American Association for Justice (22-CV-B) | 02/11/2022 | Civil | Rule 12(a)(4) | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Julie A. Robinson (12-CV-D) | 08/20/2012 | Civil | Rules concerning service; Notice of electronic filing as certificate of service | Considered |
| Social Security Administration (17-CV-Q) | 05/26/2017 | Civil | Special Procedural Rules for Social Security Litigation in District Court | Pending consideration |
| American Association for Justice (18-CV-D) | 01/17/2018 | Civil | Special Procedural Rules for Social Security Litigation in District Court | Pending consideration |
| Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, California (Hon. A. Wallace Tashima) (03-CV-B) | 05/08/2003 | Civil | Rule 68 | Considered |
| Michael J. Merrick (17-CV-VV) | 07/19/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| American Antitrust Institute (15-CV-G) | 03/16/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Theodore Folkman (20-CV-FF) | 11/05/2020 | Civil | Rule 4 | Considered |
| David A Sims (17-CV-XXX) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Impact Fund (15-CV-AA) | 09/04/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| International Legal Finance Association (21-CV-H) | 04/07/2021 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
| U.S. Department of Justice (20-CV-B) | 02/26/2020 | Civil | Rule 12 | Considered |
| Gregg R. Zegarelli, Esq. (10-CV-D) | 12/08/2010 | Civil | Rule 68 | Considered |
| Thomas Sims (17-CV-DDDDD) | 08/02/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Denise Richardson Crabbe (20-CV-L) | 07/19/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
| Carol Dalenko (10-CV-E) | 01/14/2011 | Civil | Rule 15(a)(1)(B) | Considered |
| Terrell Marshal Law Group PLLC (17-CV-EEEEE) | 08/02/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Michael Norman (20-CV-M) | 07/29/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
| Washington Legal Foundation (17-CV-CCCCCC) | 09/27/2017 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning MDL Cases | Pending consideration |
| Professor Stephen D. Easton (00-CV-I) | 12/04/2000 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
| American College of Trial Lawyers (17-CV-J) | 03/28/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Pending consideration |
| Matthew P. Millea (17-CV-GG) | 07/17/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Peter Geraci (23-CV-P) | 05/19/2023 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on unified bar admission in district courts | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Loretta A. Preska (05-CV-D) | 05/31/2005 | Civil | Rule 45 | Considered |
| Brian Devine (19-CV-P) | 06/25/2019 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning MDL Cases | Pending consideration |
| John C. Ireland (17-CV-III) | 07/24/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| NW Consumer Law Center (15-CV-W) | 05/13/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Robert M. Miller (15-CV-JJ) | 10/26/2015 | Civil | Electronic Case Filing for Pro Se Litigants | Pending consideration |
| Sai (19-CV-FF) | 10/25/2019 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking on Official Capacity Parties | Considered |