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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Martha L. Minow (01-CV-C) | 10/11/2001 | Civil | Rule 15(c)(3) | Considered |
| Professor Linda A. Malone (05-CR-A) | 03/03/2005 | Criminal | Rules 4 & 5 (Vienna Convention) | Considered |
| Professor Jeffrey A. Parness (05-CV-A) | 01/10/2005 | Civil | Rule 16 | Considered |
| Professor James Grimmelmann (14-CV-A) | 03/10/2014 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Professor David J. Sharpe (07-CV-D) | 05/06/2008 | Civil | Admiralty Rules | Considered |
| Professor Carrie Leonetti (11-CR-A) | 06/13/2011 | Criminal | Rule 29 | Considered |
| Professor Bradley Scott Shannon (14-CV-D) | 04/29/2014 | Civil | Rule 41 | Considered |
| Professor Bradley Scott Shannon (02-CV-F) | 06/10/2002 | Civil | Civil Rules and Forms | Considered |
| Prof. Stephen E. Sachs and Logan T. Mohs (12-CV-F) | 11/01/2012 | Civil | Rule 77(c)(1) | Considered |
| Prof. Rhonda Wasserman (15-CV-U) | 04/12/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Prof. Kenneth N. Klee (15-BK-C) | 03/13/2015 | Bankruptcy | Rule 8018 | Considered |
| Prof. Amanda Shanor and the Brennan Center for Justice (23-CV-U) | 09/01/2023 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on civil case assignments | Pending consideration |
| Prof. Alexandra D. Lahav, et al. (15-CV-H) | 03/17/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Product Liability Advisory Council (23-CV-C) | 02/16/2023 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Considered |
| Product Liability Advisory Council (22-CV-P) | 10/05/2022 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Considered |
| Product Liability Advisory Council (17-CV-DDDD) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Potter Bolanos, LLC (17-CV-ZZZZ) | 08/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Plattner Verderame, P.C. (17-CV-LL) | 07/18/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Phebe Hong and Maxwell Hawley (20-CV-H) | 05/22/2020 | Civil | Rule 45 | Pending consideration |
| Petition by Russell Alexander (12-CV-A) | 03/14/2012 | Civil | Rule 4 | Considered |
| Peter Lushing (17-EV-C) | 09/26/2017 | Evidence | Rule 801(d) | Considered |
| Peter Goldberger (NACDL) (12-AP-B) | 02/14/2012 | Appellate | Form 4 | Considered |
| Peter Geraci (23-CV-P) | 05/19/2023 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on unified bar admission in district courts | Pending consideration |
| Peter Geraci (23-CR-D) | 05/19/2023 | Criminal | Proposed rulemaking on unified bar admission in district courts | Pending consideration |
| Peter Geraci (23-BK-H) | 05/19/2023 | Bankruptcy | Proposed rulemaking on unified bar admission in district courts | Pending consideration |
| Peter Choate (20-EV-U) | 10/10/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Peter A. Chapman (07-BK-E) | 09/12/2007 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 1 | Considered |
| People United for Privacy Foundation (23-AP-E) | 03/28/2023 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
| Paul Ramshaw (15-AP-D) | 08/07/2015 | Appellate | Rule 3 | Considered |
| Paul Ford (17-CV-PP) | 07/18/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |