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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Hon. A. Thomas Small (11-BK-E) | 07/24/2011 | Bankruptcy | Bankruptcy Rules 7016 and 8001 | Considered |
Kathleen Crosser (09-BK-G) | 10/07/2009 | Bankruptcy | Chapter 15 Rules and Forms | Considered |
John Vail (16-CV-H) | 11/02/2016 | Civil | Citation of Supplemental Authorities | Considered |
Joseph Johnson, Jr. (11-CV-F) | 10/19/2011 | Civil | Civil Rule 11 | Pending consideration |
Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal for Professor A. Benjamin Spencer (06-EV-A) | Evidence | Civil Rule 26 | Considered | |
James Polt (11-CV-C) | 08/23/2011 | Civil | Civil Rule 26(f) | Considered |
Daniel DeWit (11-CV-B) | 08/25/2011 | Civil | Civil Rule 33 (Interrogatories) | Considered |
Jack Metzler (24-CV-Z) | 10/10/2024 | Civil | Civil Rule 6(a) | Pending consideration |
J. Michael Schaefer, Esq. (00-CV-A) | 01/24/2000 | Civil | Civil Rules | Considered |
Mary Novotny Pena (18-CV-Z) | 11/09/2018 | Civil | Civil Rules | Considered |
Professor Bradley Scott Shannon (02-CV-F) | 06/10/2002 | Civil | Civil Rules and Forms | Considered |
Committee on Court Administration and Case Management of the Judicial Conference of the United States (Hon. John W. Lungstrum) (04-CR-C) | 08/02/2004 | Criminal | CM/ECF – Mandatory Electronic Filing | Considered |
T. Jones (11-CV-H) | 11/05/2011 | Civil | Commencing an Action, Pleadings | Considered |
Amy M. Smith, Esq. (11-AP-F) | 12/07/2011 | Appellate | Consider amendment authorizing discretionary interlocutory appeals from attorney-client privilege rulings | Considered |
Hon. Steven M. Colloton (13-AP-C) | 03/20/2013 | Appellate | Consider possible rules for expediting proceedings under Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. | Considered |
Margaret Morris (14-AP-C) | 07/01/2014 | Appellate | Consider Rulemaking in Response to Specific Litigation | Considered |
James A. Andrews (02-CV-C) | 04/08/2002 | Civil | Court Filing Fee Procedures | Considered |
Dr. and Mrs. Glen Dupree (02-BK-B) | 02/14/2002 | Bankruptcy | Creditor Protection from Fraudulent Claims and Mishandling of Cases by Trustees | Considered |
Robert L. Byer and David R. Fine (00-CR-C) | 08/15/2000 | Criminal | Criminal Rules and Forms (AEDPA) | Considered |
Frank Amador, Esq. (02-CV-H) | 09/19/2002 | Civil | Cross-State Attorney Admission | Considered |
Hon. Joseph E. Irenas (02-CV-G) | 07/31/2002 | Civil | De Bene Esse Depositions | Considered |
Debra Miller (11-BK-H) | 09/28/2011 | Bankruptcy | Deficiency Claims | Considered |
Hon. Keith M. Lundin (03-BK-A) | 03/04/2003 | Bankruptcy | Development of a Chapter 13 Plan Form | Considered |
Experian (03-BK-E) | 10/09/2003 | Bankruptcy | Direct Access of SSN Exclusion for Credit Reporting Agencies | Considered |
Hon. Robert Kressel (08-BK-F) | 08/11/2008 | Bankruptcy | Director's Form 240 | Considered |
Hon. Paul Mannes (08-BK-A) | 03/10/2008 | Bankruptcy | Director's Form 240A | Considered |
Kilpatrick & Associates (Richardo I. Kilpatrick, Esq.) (10-BK-A) | 01/13/2010 | Bankruptcy | Director's Form 240A inconsistent with Bankruptcy Code | Considered |
Bradley Halberstadt, Esq. (09-BK-L) | 12/16/2009 | Bankruptcy | Director's Form 240A inconsistent with Bankruptcy Code | Considered |
Hon. Paul Mannes (99-BK-G) | 07/15/1999 | Bankruptcy | Director's Form B240 | Considered |
Ariana J. Tadler, Esq. and William P. Butterfield, Esq. (11-CV-G) | 11/06/2011 | Civil | Discovery Rules | Considered |