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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hon. James T. Trimble, Jr. (04-CR-B) | 04/07/2004 | Criminal | Rules 6 & 31 | Considered |
| Hon. Jesse M. Furman (21-CR-I) | 08/12/2021 | Criminal | Rule 49.1 | Considered |
| Steven A. Hirsch (17-AP-D) | 04/14/2017 | Appellate | Rule 28 | Considered |
| Skinner Law Firm (17-CV-GGGGG) | 08/02/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Professor Paul D. Carrington (09-CV-A) | 04/06/2009 | Civil | Rule 4 | Considered |
| U.S. Trustee Program (03-BK-D) | 08/15/2003 | Bankruptcy | Rules 2003, 2016, 4002, 4004, 7001 and Schedule I | Considered |
| Prof. Kenneth N. Klee (15-BK-C) | 03/13/2015 | Bankruptcy | Rule 8018 | Considered |
| David A. Tilem, Esq. (13-BK-D) | 03/21/2013 | Bankruptcy | Form B14 | Considered |
| Caryn M. Groedel (17-CV-YY) | 07/20/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Betsy Shumaker (16-AP-E) | 09/23/2016 | Appellate | Rules 10, 11, 27, 30 | Considered |
| Hon. Samuel L. Bufford (09-BK-B) | 03/02/2009 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1004.2(b), Rule 5009(c), Rule 5012 | Considered |
| Hon. Bernard Zimmerman (01-CR-A) | 01/29/2001 | Criminal | Rule 4 | Considered |
| Theodore Folkman (20-CV-FF) | 11/05/2020 | Civil | Rule 4 | Considered |
| Sai (15-CV-EE) | 09/07/2015 | Civil | Rules 5 and 7 | Considered |
| Damon L. Ellis (17-CV-QQQQ) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Patricia Barksdale (18-CR-G) | 12/10/2018 | Criminal | Rule 40 | Considered |
| Hon. Morton Denlow (00-CV-F) | 08/08/2000 | Civil | Option for Summary Bench Trials | Considered |
| Tom Scherer (00-BK-G) | 06/26/2000 | Bankruptcy | Manipulation of Bar Codes in Mailings Containing Federal Court Documents | Considered |
| Hon. Robert E. Jones (11-CR-B) | 07/06/2011 | Criminal | Rule 24(b) | Considered |
| Gary Peel (21-CR-G) | 04/28/2021 | Criminal | New rule mandating time frame for motion resolution | Considered |
| Alliance for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (17-CV-B) | 01/24/2017 | Civil | Rule 45 | Considered |
| Hon. Michael J. Kaplan (12-BK-A) | 02/01/2012 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 3B | Considered |
| Koji Fukumura, et al. (17-CV-DDDDDD) | 10/13/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Robert Kressel (08-BK-B) | 03/11/2008 | Bankruptcy | Rule 6003 | Considered |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (19-EV-A) | 09/06/2019 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Hon. William R. Wilson, Jr. (06-CV-G) | 11/09/2006 | Civil | Discovery Rules | Considered |
| Bayer Corporation (20-EV-O) | 10/02/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Ben H. Logan and Peter Friedman (15-BK-F) | 08/04/2015 | Bankruptcy | Amendments in the Wake of Stern v. Marshall, Arkison and Wellness | Considered |
| Plattner Verderame, P.C. (17-CV-LL) | 07/18/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| National Association of Professional Background Screeners (18-CV-W) | 07/20/2018 | Civil | New rule requiring defendants to disclose full names and dates of birth | Considered |