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 |
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Amy M. Smith, Esq. (11-AP-F) | 12/07/2011 | Appellate | Consider amendment authorizing discretionary interlocutory appeals from attorney-client privilege rulings | Considered |
Robert M. Miller (15-AP-A) | 03/09/2015 | Appellate | Availability of ECF for use by Pro Se Litigants | Considered |
Paul Ramshaw (15-AP-D) | 08/07/2015 | Appellate | Rule 3 | Considered |
Catherine T. Struve, Reporter (15-AP-B) | 04/09/2015 | Appellate | Rule 26 | Considered |
Appellate Rules Advisory Committee (15-AP-C) | 04/23/2015 | Appellate | Rule 31 | Considered |
Sai (15-AP-E) | 09/07/2015 | Appellate | Proposed Rule Changes for Fairness to Pro Se and IFP Litigants | Considered |
Gregory Sisk (15-AP-F) | 04/13/2015 | Appellate | Recovery of Appellate Docketing Fee after Reversal | Considered |
Robert M. Miller (15-AP-H) | 10/26/2015 | Appellate | Electronic Case Filing for Pro Se Litigants | Considered |
Alan B. Morrison (15-AP-G) | 05/07/2015 | Appellate | Discretionary Appeals of Interlocutory Orders | Considered |
Thomas L. Wright (16-AP-A) | 02/12/2016 | Appellate | Rule 4 | Considered |
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (16-AP-B). (See also, 16-AP-A, Suggestion from Thomas L. Wright) | 03/28/2016 | Appellate | Rule 4 | Considered |
Eric Bravo (16-AP-C) | 09/30/2016 | Appellate | Rule 32.1 and 35 | Considered |
Catherine M. Riga (17-AP-A) | 03/30/2017 | Appellate | Rules 4 and 27 | Considered |
Bryan A. Garner (17-AP-B) | 01/12/2017 | Appellate | Rule 28 | Considered |
Hon. Jennifer A. Dorsey (17-AP-C) | 04/11/2017 | Appellate | Rule 28 | Considered |
Steven A. Hirsch (17-AP-D) | 04/14/2017 | Appellate | Rule 28 | Considered |
Mark Watson (17-AP-E) | 04/17/2017 | Appellate | Rule 28 | Considered |
Lawyers for Civil Justice (22-AP-C) | 09/01/2022 | Appellate | Rule 26.1 | Pending consideration |
International Legal Finance Association (22-AP-D) | 10/03/2022 | Appellate | Rule 26.1 | Pending consideration |
Sen. Ron Wyden (22-AP-E) | 08/04/2022 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking on redaction of SSNs | Pending consideration |
Erwin Rosenberg (22-AP-F) | 12/15/2022 | Appellate | Rule 46 | Considered |
DRI Center for Law and Public Policy (23-AP-A) | 01/06/2023 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
Atlantic Legal Foundation (23-AP-B) | 01/17/2023 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
Stephen Sachs (22-AP-G) | 03/30/2022 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking regarding intervention on appeal | Pending consideration |
Judith Resnik (23-AP-C) | 03/03/2023 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking regarding intervention on appeal | Pending consideration |
Joshua Carback (23-AP-D) | 03/25/2023 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking regarding contempt proceedings | Pending consideration |
People United for Privacy Foundation (23-AP-E) | 03/28/2023 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
Howard Bashman (23-AP-F) | 05/08/2023 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking on adopting a nationwide filing deadline | Considered |
U.S. Department of Justice (17-AP-H) | 10/14/2017 | Appellate | Rules 10, 11, and 12 | Considered |
Andrew Straw (23-AP-G) | 06/16/2023 | Appellate | Rule 11 | Considered |