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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judicial Conference Committee on Criminal Law (Hon. Julie E. Carnes) (08-CR-A) | 06/24/2008 | Criminal | Rule 41 | Considered |
| Hon. Emmet G. Sullivan (09-CR-A) | 04/28/2009 | Criminal | Rule 16 | Considered |
| Enoc Mendez (09-CR-B) | 06/02/2009 | Criminal | Rule 12 | Considered |
| Sharon Bush Ellison (09-CR-C) | 11/24/2009 | Criminal | Rules 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 | Considered |
| Department of Justice (Hon. Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General) (10-CR-A) | 02/26/2010 | Criminal | Rules 5 and 58 | Considered |
| Hon. Harvey Schlesinger (10-CR-B) | 06/08/2010 | Criminal | Rule 17(a) | Considered |
| Eric DeLeon (10-CR-C) | 06/24/2010 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Considered |
| Professor Carrie Leonetti (11-CR-A) | 06/13/2011 | Criminal | Rule 29 | Considered |
| Hon. Robert E. Jones (11-CR-B) | 07/06/2011 | Criminal | Rule 24(b) | Considered |
| Hon. Eric H. Holder, Jr. (11-CR-C) | 10/20/2011 | Criminal | Rule 6(e) (amendment regarding historically significant grand jury material) | Considered |
| Allison M. Zieve, Esq. ( Public Citizen Litigation Group) (11-CR-D) | 12/15/2011 | Criminal | Rule 6(e) | Considered |
| Hon. Christina Reiss (12-CR-A) | 02/14/2012 | Criminal | Rule 16(a) | Considered |
| Department of Justice (Hon. Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General) (12-CR-B) | 10/25/2012 | Criminal | Rule 4 | Considered |
| Hon. Clay D. Land (13-CR-A) | 10/07/2013 | Criminal | Rule 53 | Considered |
| Hon. Mythili Raman (13-CR-B) | 09/18/2013 | Criminal | Rule 41 | Considered |
| Gabriel J. Chin (13-CR-C) | 10/25/2013 | Criminal | Rules 11 and 32 | Considered |
| Hon. Jon O. Newman (14-CR-A) | 01/04/2014 | Criminal | Rule 52 | Considered |
| Jared Kneitel, Esq. (14-CR-B) | 02/21/2014 | Criminal | Rule 29 | Considered |
| Hon. Claudia Wilken (14-CR-C) | 04/10/2014 | Criminal | Rule 11 | Considered |
| Hon. Michael M. Baylson (14-CR-D) | 04/15/2014 | Criminal | Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases | Considered |
| New York Council of Defense Lawyers (14-CR-E) | 10/17/2014 | Criminal | Rule 35 | Considered |
| Robert M. Miller (15-AP-A) | 03/09/2015 | Appellate | Availability of ECF for use by Pro Se Litigants | Considered |
| Derek S. Tarson (15-BK-A) | 02/06/2015 | Bankruptcy | Forms | Considered |
| Hon. S. Martin Teel, Jr. (15-BK-B) | 02/23/2015 | Bankruptcy | Form 263, Bill of Costs | Considered |
| Prof. Kenneth N. Klee (15-BK-C) | 03/13/2015 | Bankruptcy | Rule 8018 | Considered |
| Stephen J. Herman (15-CV-B) | 02/25/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Shawna Bligh (15-CV-C) | 02/25/2015 | Civil | Rule 30 | Considered |
| Adam Steinman (15-CV-D) | 02/24/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| State Bar of Michigan Committee on United States Courts (15-CV-E) | 03/06/2015 | Civil | Rule 12 | Considered |
| Committee to Support Antitrust Laws (15-CV-F) | 03/13/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |