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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Next Generation Bankruptcy CM/ECF Clerk's Office Functional Requirements Group (Dana C. McWay) (09-BK-I) | 11/25/2009 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1007(b)(7) | Considered |
| American Bar Association Governmental Affairs Office (Robert D. Evans) (01-CR-B) | 03/02/2001 | Criminal | Rule 6 & 35 | Considered |
| Hon. James S. Sledge (98-BK-E) | 12/07/1998 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3015 | Considered |
| Frederick S. Longer (15-CV-J) | 03/19/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Steven Finell, Esq. (Council of Appellate Lawyers) (12-AP-C) | Appellate | Rule 28 and 28.1 | Considered | |
| Hon. D. Brock Hornby (02-CV-J) | 10/29/2002 | Civil | Rule 12(f) | Considered |
| Taylor King and Associates (17-CV-MM) | 07/18/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Timothy C. Bailey (17-CV-LLLL) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Kelly Sweeney (06-BK-B) | 05/05/2006 | Bankruptcy | Modification to the Reaffirmation Agreement Form | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (16-BK-C) | 04/06/2016 | Bankruptcy | Rule 6007 | Considered |
| Hon. Colleen Brown (08-BK-I) | 08/22/2008 | Bankruptcy | Form 3B | Considered |
| Innocence Project (17-EV-B) | 09/01/2017 | Evidence | Rule 801(d)(1)(A) | Considered |
| 50 Companies (20-EV-B) | 03/02/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Hon. Claudia Wilken (14-CR-C) | 04/10/2014 | Criminal | Rule 11 | Considered |
| Hon. Donald Molloy (21-CR-A)(Rule 6) | 01/14/2021 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Considered |
| Barry Green (17-CV-W) | 07/07/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Samuel L. Bufford (89-BK-A) | 01/12/1990 | Bankruptcy | Rules 2002, 2003, 2013, 3002, 3004, 3005, 3007, 3015 | Considered |
| Professor Stephen D. Easton (00-CV-I) | 12/04/2000 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
| Impact Fund (15-CV-AA) | 09/04/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (15-CV-MM) | 11/03/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Hon. S. Martin Teel, Jr. (14-BK-F) | 08/22/2014 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7004(a)(1) | Considered |
| Jonathan L. Gould (17-CV-OOO) | 07/26/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Sai (19-AP-G) | 10/25/2019 | Appellate | Proposed Rulemaking on Official Capacity Parties | Considered |
| Enoc Mendez (09-CR-B) | 06/02/2009 | Criminal | Rule 12 | Considered |
| Hon. Geraldine Mund (03-BK-F) | 10/21/2003 | Bankruptcy | Incorporation of Civil Procedure Rule 5.1 | Considered |
| Honorable Barry S. Schermer (13-BK-F) | 05/20/2013 | Bankruptcy | Various (Chapter 15 Provisions) | Considered |
| Kay Sieverding (07-CV-B) | 11/20/2007 | Civil | Electronic Case Filing | Considered |
| Mark Watson (17-AP-E) | 04/17/2017 | Appellate | Rule 28 | Considered |
| Ariana J. Tadler, Esq. and William P. Butterfield, Esq. (11-CV-G) | 11/06/2011 | Civil | Discovery Rules | Considered |
| T. Jones (11-CV-H) | 11/05/2011 | Civil | Commencing an Action, Pleadings | Considered |