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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Morris (14-AP-C) | 07/01/2014 | Appellate | Consider Rulemaking in Response to Specific Litigation | Considered |
| Sai (21-AP-E) | 04/14/2021 | Appellate | Rule 25 | Pending consideration |
| Catherine M. Riga (17-AP-A) | 03/30/2017 | Appellate | Rules 4 and 27 | Considered |
| Sai (19-AP-C) | 06/27/2019 | Appellate | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning IFP Qualification | Pending consideration |
| Sai (19-AP-G) | 10/25/2019 | Appellate | Proposed Rulemaking on Official Capacity Parties | Considered |
| Betsy Shumaker (16-AP-E) | 09/23/2016 | Appellate | Rules 10, 11, 27, 30 | Considered |
| Sai (21-AP-B) | 02/09/2021 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking on IFP forms | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Jeffrey S. Sutton (10-AP-B) | 03/01/2010 | Appellate | Rule 28(a) | Considered |
| Committee on Court Administration and Case Management (18-AP-C) | 05/01/2018 | Appellate | Privacy Concern Regarding Social Security and Immigration Opinions | Pending consideration |
| Bryan A. Garner (17-AP-B) | 01/12/2017 | Appellate | Rule 28 | Considered |
| Howard Bashman, Esq. (10-AP-E) | 04/01/2010 | Appellate | In response to Vanderwerf v. Smithkline Beecham Corp. | Considered |
| Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Henry Johnson, Jr. (22-AP-A) | 01/07/2022 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
| Bankruptcy Judges Advisory Group (08-BK-D) | 04/24/2008 | Bankruptcy | Rule 6003 | Considered |
| Thomas J. Yerbich (04-BK-G) | 02/10/2005 | Bankruptcy | 1019(3) | Considered |
| Stephen Brown (21-BK-L) | 08/24/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3011 and proposed rulemaking on unclaimed funds | Considered |
| Debbie Lewis (18-BK-E) | 07/31/2018 | Bankruptcy | Official Forms 101A and 101B | Considered |
| Douglas M. Neistat, Esq. (10-BK-F) | 07/28/2010 | Bankruptcy | Rule 6004-1(f) | Considered |
| American Bar Association, Section of Business Law (17-BK-B) | 06/06/2017 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2004 | Considered |
| Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System (20-BK-G) | 06/12/2020 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3011 | Considered |
| George Weiss (19-BK-K) | 09/16/2019 | Bankruptcy | Proposed Rulemaking regarding DSO certification; Supplements 19-BK-I | Considered |
| National Association of Attorneys General (97-BK-F) | 08/18/1997 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1007, 5003 and Offical Form 7 | Considered |
| Richard C. Friedman (02-BK-C) | 02/25/2002 | Bankruptcy | Rule 8001 | Considered |
| National Bankruptcy Conference (14-BK-E) | 07/18/2014 | Bankruptcy | Rules 3001, 5003 and 9036 | Considered |
| Hon. Robert J. Kressel (09-BK-D) | 03/31/2009 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1007 | Considered |
| Debra Miller (11-BK-H) | 09/28/2011 | Bankruptcy | Deficiency Claims | Considered |
| George Weiss (19-BK-F) | 06/30/2019 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002 | Considered |
| U.S. Trustee Program (99-BK-H) | 07/22/1999 | Bankruptcy | Rules 2010, 2015, and 4004 | Considered |
| Hon. Neil P. Olack (12-BK-L) | 08/07/2012 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7008(b) | Considered |
| Hon. Scott W. Dales (12-BK-M) | 10/23/2012 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2002(h) | Considered |
| Hon. Frank Easterbrook (08-BK-E) | 06/16/2008 | Bankruptcy | Rule 4004(d), Rule 7001(4) | Considered |