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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Professor James Grimmelmann (14-CV-A) | 03/10/2014 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
Professor Jeffrey A. Parness (05-CV-A) | 01/10/2005 | Civil | Rule 16 | Considered |
Professor Linda A. Malone (05-CR-A) | 03/03/2005 | Criminal | Rules 4 & 5 (Vienna Convention) | Considered |
Professor Martha L. Minow (01-CV-C) | 10/11/2001 | Civil | Rule 15(c)(3) | Considered |
Professor Patrick J. Schiltz (05-CV-I) | 12/10/2005 | Civil | Rule 5 | Considered |
Professor Paul D. Carrington (09-CV-A) | 04/06/2009 | Civil | Rule 4 | Considered |
Professor Sam Stonefield (10-EV-A) | 09/09/2010 | Evidence | Rule 801(d) | Considered |
Professor Stephen D. Easton (00-CV-I) | 12/04/2000 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
Professor Suja A. Thomas (14-CV-E) | 06/23/2014 | Civil | Rule 56 | Considered |
Professor Timothy Tarvin (14-BK-C) | 03/31/2014 | Bankruptcy | Form B201A | Considered |
Public Citizen Litigation Group (15-CV-T) | 04/09/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
Public Citizen Litigation Group (20-CR-B) | 03/02/2020 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Pending consideration |
Public Citizen Litigation Group (Paul A. Levy, Esq.) (06-CV-B) | 03/17/2006 | Civil | Electronic Acknowl. of Service | Considered |
Public Justice (15-CV-N) | 03/27/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
Public Justice and the Public Justice Foundation (17-CV-TTTTT) | 08/11/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
Public Justice, P.C. and Public Justice Foundation (19-CV-M) | 03/29/2019 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
Public Justice, P.C. and Public Justice Foundation (15-CV-BB) | 09/08/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
Public.Resource.org (Carl Malamud) (08-CV-D) | 10/30/2008 | Civil | Privacy Rules | Pending consideration |
R. Shawn Gunnarson, Esq. and Alexander Dushku, Esq. (11-AP-A) | 02/17/2011 | Appellate | Rule 32(a)(7)(B)(iii) | Considered |
Ralph Brubaker, Robert Lawless, and Bruce Markell (21-BK-C) | 02/04/2021 | Bankruptcy | Proposed amendment to Rule 7001 and new rule for certain turnover actions | Considered |
Raymond P. Bell (00-BK-A) | 01/18/2000 | Bankruptcy | Rules 2002(g), 3002(a) | Considered |
Rena M. Myers (10-BK-B) | 02/18/2010 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 10 | Considered |
Rep. Adam Schiff and Other Members of Congress (23-CR-E) | 08/03/2023 | Criminal | Rule 53 | Pending consideration |
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (20-CR-D) | 04/07/2020 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Considered |
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (22-AP-B) | 03/14/2022 | Appellate | Rule 29(a)(2) | Pending consideration |
Rhysa G. South (99-BK-I) | 10/15/1999 | Bankruptcy | Rule 6007(a) | Considered |
Richard C. Friedman (02-BK-C) | 02/25/2002 | Bankruptcy | Rule 8001 | Considered |
Richard G. Heltzel (97-BK-E) | 07/22/1997 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9022 | Considered |
Richard J. Douglas (01-CR-C) | 04/06/2001 | Criminal | Rule 11 | Considered |
Richard Levin (19-BK-E) | 03/26/2019 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2002 | Considered |