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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd B. Hilsee (16-CV-C) | 03/23/2016 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Honorable Eric L. Frank (13-BK-B) | 02/11/2013 | Bankruptcy | Form B1 | Considered |
| Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (20-CR-D) | 04/07/2020 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Considered |
| Roy H. Wepner, Esq. (00-CV-H) | 11/30/2000 | Civil | Rule 6 | Considered |
| Hon. Iain Johnston (21-CV-D) | 02/08/2021 | Civil | Rule 37 | Considered |
| Gary E. Mason (15-CV-K) | 03/19/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Patrick Yancey (17-CV-JJ) | 07/17/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| MacKechnie (06-CV-D) | 07/24/2006 | Civil | Rule 68 | Considered |
| Dennis Brock (19-CV-N) | 04/02/2019 | Civil | Rules 4 and 5 | Considered |
| Gary Peel (18-CV-V) | 07/09/2018 | Civil | New rule mandating time frame for motion resolution | Considered |
| National Association of Attorneys General (97-BK-F) | 08/18/1997 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1007, 5003 and Offical Form 7 | Considered |
| Hon. Jared Bennett (21-CV-X) | 10/13/2021 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
| George Wright Weeth (17-CV-BBBB) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Roger I. Roots, Esq. (11-AP-E) | 11/14/2011 | Appellate | Rule 4 | Considered |
| Committee on Federal Courts of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (13-CV-E) | 04/03/2013 | Civil | Rules 45 and 30 | Considered |
| Aaron Caplan (20-CV-A) | 01/13/2020 | Civil | Rule 7; Rule 10 | Considered |
| Hon. A. Thomas Small (11-BK-E) | 07/24/2011 | Bankruptcy | Bankruptcy Rules 7016 and 8001 | Considered |
| Thomas J. Yerbich (04-BK-G) | 02/10/2005 | Bankruptcy | 1019(3) | Considered |
| Christian J. Gabroy (17-CV-T) | 07/03/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. James T. Trimble, Jr. (04-CV-F) | 04/07/2004 | Civil | Rule 48 | Considered |
| Department of Justice (18-AP-B) | 04/06/2018 | Appellate | Rules 35 and 40, comprehensive review | Considered |
| ABA Section of Business Law, Business Bankruptcy Committee (Michael St. Patrick Baxter, Esq.) (08-BK-P) | 02/06/2009 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2019 | Considered |
| Derek S. Tarson (15-BK-A) | 02/06/2015 | Bankruptcy | Forms | Considered |
| Walt Auvil (17-CV-LLL) | 07/25/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Kenneth A. Lazarus, Esq. (08-EV-A) | 12/29/2008 | Evidence | Rules 407, 702, & 707 | Considered |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (Barry H. Bauman, Esq.) (11-CV-D) | 08/18/2011 | Civil | Discovery Rules | Considered |
| Therese Buthod (10-BK-C) | 02/26/2010 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 10 | Considered |
| Richard C. Friedman (02-BK-C) | 02/25/2002 | Bankruptcy | Rule 8001 | Considered |
| Sai (15-AP-E) | 09/07/2015 | Appellate | Proposed Rule Changes for Fairness to Pro Se and IFP Litigants | Considered |
| Terrell Marshal Law Group PLLC (17-CV-EEEEE) | 08/02/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |