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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magistrate Judges of the Eastern District of New York (Hon. Steven M. Gold) (07-CR-B) | 10/17/2007 | Criminal | Rule 4; Rule 41 | Considered |
| Kelly D. Warfield (07-CR-C) | 10/29/2007 | Criminal | AEDPA Statute of Limitations | Considered |
| Stephen P. Stoltz (07-CR-D) | 05/06/2007 | Criminal | Rule 45 | Considered |
| Hon. Jack B. Weinstein (07-CR-E) | 06/03/2007 | Criminal | Rule 11 | Considered |
| Judicial Conference Committee on Criminal Law (Hon. Julie E. Carnes) (08-CR-A) | 06/24/2008 | Criminal | Rule 41 | Considered |
| Hon. Emmet G. Sullivan (09-CR-A) | 04/28/2009 | Criminal | Rule 16 | Considered |
| Enoc Mendez (09-CR-B) | 06/02/2009 | Criminal | Rule 12 | Considered |
| Sharon Bush Ellison (09-CR-C) | 11/24/2009 | Criminal | Rules 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 | Considered |
| Department of Justice (Hon. Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General) (10-CR-A) | 02/26/2010 | Criminal | Rules 5 and 58 | Considered |
| Hon. Harvey Schlesinger (10-CR-B) | 06/08/2010 | Criminal | Rule 17(a) | Considered |
| Eric DeLeon (10-CR-C) | 06/24/2010 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Considered |
| Professor Carrie Leonetti (11-CR-A) | 06/13/2011 | Criminal | Rule 29 | Considered |
| Hon. Robert E. Jones (11-CR-B) | 07/06/2011 | Criminal | Rule 24(b) | Considered |
| Hon. Eric H. Holder, Jr. (11-CR-C) | 10/20/2011 | Criminal | Rule 6(e) (amendment regarding historically significant grand jury material) | Considered |
| Allison M. Zieve, Esq. ( Public Citizen Litigation Group) (11-CR-D) | 12/15/2011 | Criminal | Rule 6(e) | Considered |
| Hon. Christina Reiss (12-CR-A) | 02/14/2012 | Criminal | Rule 16(a) | Considered |
| Department of Justice (Hon. Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General) (12-CR-B) | 10/25/2012 | Criminal | Rule 4 | Considered |
| Hon. Clay D. Land (13-CR-A) | 10/07/2013 | Criminal | Rule 53 | Considered |
| Hon. Mythili Raman (13-CR-B) | 09/18/2013 | Criminal | Rule 41 | Considered |
| Gabriel J. Chin (13-CR-C) | 10/25/2013 | Criminal | Rules 11 and 32 | Considered |
| Hon. Jon O. Newman (14-CR-A) | 01/04/2014 | Criminal | Rule 52 | Considered |
| Jared Kneitel, Esq. (14-CR-B) | 02/21/2014 | Criminal | Rule 29 | Considered |
| Hon. Claudia Wilken (14-CR-C) | 04/10/2014 | Criminal | Rule 11 | Considered |
| Hon. Michael M. Baylson (14-CR-D) | 04/15/2014 | Criminal | Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases | Considered |
| New York Council of Defense Lawyers (14-CR-E) | 10/17/2014 | Criminal | Rule 35 | Considered |
| Kevin Bennardo (15-CR-A) | 02/17/2015 | Criminal | Rule 35 | Considered |
| Andrew D. Stitt (15-CR-B) | 05/27/2015 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Considered |
| Hon. Susan P. Graber (15-CR-C) | 08/07/2015 | Criminal | Rules 32.1 and 23 | Considered |
| Sai (15-CR-D) | 09/07/2015 | Criminal | Proposed Rule Changes for Fairness to Pro Se and IFP Litigants | Considered |
| Robert M. Miller (15-CR-E) | 10/26/2015 | Criminal | Electronic Case Filing for Pro Se Litigants | Considered |