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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian T. Fitzpatrick (12-AP-F) | 08/22/2012 | Appellate | Rule 42 | Considered |
| Steven Finell, Esq. (Council of Appellate Lawyers) (12-AP-C) | Appellate | Rule 28 and 28.1 | Considered | |
| Peter Goldberger (NACDL) (12-AP-B) | 02/14/2012 | Appellate | Form 4 | Considered |
| Catherine T. Struve, Reporter (15-AP-B) | 04/09/2015 | Appellate | Rule 26 | Considered |
| Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Henry Johnson, Jr. (22-AP-A) | 01/07/2022 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
| Alan Morrison (14-AP-A) | Appellate | Rule 29 | Considered | |
| Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (22-AP-B) | 03/14/2022 | Appellate | Rule 29(a)(2) | Pending consideration |
| Robert M. Miller (15-AP-A) | 03/09/2015 | Appellate | Availability of ECF for use by Pro Se Litigants | Considered |
| Catherine M. Riga (17-AP-A) | 03/30/2017 | Appellate | Rules 4 and 27 | Considered |
| Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Henry Johnson, Jr. (21-AP-H) | 11/10/2021 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
| Sai (21-AP-B) | 02/09/2021 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking on IFP forms | Pending consideration |
| Sai (19-AP-D) | 07/09/2019 | Appellate | Rule 26 | Considered |
| Bryan Lammon (20-AP-A) | 02/09/2020 | Appellate | Rule 4 | Considered |
| Usha Jain (20-AP-C) | 06/24/2020 | Appellate | Access to electronic filing system for pro se litigants | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Michael Chagares (19-AP-E) | 06/03/2019 | Appellate | Proposed Rulemaking on Electronic Filing Deadline | Considered |
| Stephen E. Sachs (17-AP-F) | 11/14/2017 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Considered |
| Stephen E. Sachs (18-AP-D) | 08/13/2018 | Appellate | Rule 36 | Considered |
| Nico Ratkowski (19-AP-A) | 03/13/2019 | Appellate | Rule 26 | Considered |
| Betsy Shumaker (16-AP-E) | 09/23/2016 | Appellate | Rules 10, 11, 27, 30 | Considered |
| Gregory Sisk (15-AP-F) | 04/13/2015 | Appellate | Recovery of Appellate Docketing Fee after Reversal | Considered |
| Paul Ramshaw (15-AP-D) | 08/07/2015 | Appellate | Rule 3 | Considered |
| Hon. Jennifer A. Dorsey (17-AP-C) | 04/11/2017 | Appellate | Rule 28 | Considered |
| Robert M. Miller (15-AP-H) | 10/26/2015 | Appellate | Electronic Case Filing for Pro Se Litigants | Considered |
| Sen. Whitehouse and Rep. Johnson (23-AP-I) | 10/26/2023 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
| U.S. Chamber of Commerce (24-AP-D) | 03/28/2024 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
| Sai (24-AP-F) | 04/09/2024 | Appellate | Rule 39 | Pending consideration |
| Andrew Straw (23-AP-J) | 11/15/2023 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking on rules governing service and PACER access | Pending consideration |
| Joshua Carback (23-AP-D) | 03/25/2023 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking regarding contempt proceedings | Pending consideration |
| Howard Bashman (23-AP-F) | 05/08/2023 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking on adopting a nationwide filing deadline | Considered |
| Sen. Ron Wyden (22-AP-E) | 08/04/2022 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking on redaction of SSNs | Pending consideration |