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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Jones (11-CV-H) | 11/05/2011 | Civil | Commencing an Action, Pleadings | Considered |
| H. Brent McKnight Jr. (20-CR-J) | 11/08/2020 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Considered |
| John R. Getsinger (96-BK--) | 03/28/1996 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9009 | Considered |
| Magistrate Judges of the Eastern District of New York (Hon. Steven M. Gold) (07-CR-B) | 10/17/2007 | Criminal | Rule 4; Rule 41 | Considered |
| Hon. Geraldine Mund (16-BK-F) | 05/02/2016 | Bankruptcy | Rule 8006 | Considered |
| Hon. James A. Pusateri (00-BK-H) | 08/14/2000 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2002 | Considered |
| U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (17-CV-JJJJJ) | 08/03/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Marvin Isgur, Hon. Elizabeth Magner, and Hon. Jeff Bohm (08-BK-K) | 12/05/2008 | Bankruptcy | New Forms Proposal – B10-A, B10-S1, B10-S2. | Considered |
| Professor Linda A. Malone (05-CR-A) | 03/03/2005 | Criminal | Rules 4 & 5 (Vienna Convention) | Considered |
| Gary Peel (21-AP-F) | 04/28/2021 | Appellate | New rule mandating time frame for motion resolution | Considered |
| William Lynch (19-CV-GG) | 12/02/2019 | Civil | Rule 16 | Considered |
| Ingrid M. Evans (15-CV-Q) | 04/02/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| National Federation of Independent Business (17-CV-Z) | 07/13/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| William P. Callahan, Esq. (09-CV-C) | 06/25/2009 | Civil | Rule 45 | Considered |
| American Association for Justice (20-EV-P) | 10/02/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Aaron Ahern (18-CR-A) | 02/08/2018 | Criminal | Considered | |
| Committee on Federal Procedure of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association (Gregory K. Arenson, Esq.) (00-CV-E) | 08/07/2000 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
| G. Madan Mohan (15-CV-OO) | 12/29/2015 | Civil | Proposed new rule re: time stamp/seal on all documents and accommodations for visually impaired | Considered |
| Hon. David H. Adams (98-BK-D) | 10/15/1998 | Bankruptcy | Service of Motions and Pleadings on Corporations, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Associations | Considered |
| Unitel (William P. Callahan, Esq.) (07-CV-A) | 03/08/2007 | Civil | Rule 45 | Considered |
| US Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Alabama (Douglas F. Young) (07-BK-B) | 01/24/2007 | Bankruptcy | Suggested creating PDF-fillable forms | Considered |
| Dennis P. Murphy (17-CV-RRR) | 07/26/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Richard J. Douglas (01-CR-C) | 04/06/2001 | Criminal | Rule 11 | Considered |
| Akiva Shapiro, Lee R. Crain, and Amanda LeSavage (21-CV-F) | 03/17/2021 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on amicus filings | Considered |
| Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System (19-BK-A) | 01/15/2019 | Bankruptcy | Rules 3011 and 9006(b) | Considered |
| Honorable Barry S. Schermer (13-BK-F) | 05/20/2013 | Bankruptcy | Various (Chapter 15 Provisions) | Considered |
| Timothy J. Patenode (17-CV-M) | 05/24/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (06-BK-A) | 03/16/2006 | Bankruptcy | Authorization of Corporations and Entities Involving Less Than $5000 Without Representation | Considered |
| Sai (20-CV-G) | 05/20/2020 | Civil | Rule 11 | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (11-BK-B) | 05/28/2011 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002(a) | Considered |