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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. and Mrs. Glen Dupree (02-BK-B) | 02/14/2002 | Bankruptcy | Creditor Protection from Fraudulent Claims and Mishandling of Cases by Trustees | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (16-BK-D) | 04/06/2016 | Bankruptcy | Rule 4001(c) | Considered |
| Gary Streeting (14-BK-G) | 12/17/2014 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2002 | Considered |
| Next Generation Bankruptcy CM/ECF Clerk's Office Functional Requirements Group (Dana C. McWay) (09-BK-I) | 11/25/2009 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1007(b)(7) | Considered |
| Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System (19-BK-B) | 01/15/2019 | Bankruptcy | Forms Application for Unclaimed Funds | Considered |
| Rhysa G. South (99-BK-I) | 10/15/1999 | Bankruptcy | Rule 6007(a) | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar, Hon. Carol Doyle and Hon. Bruce W. Black (11-BK-K) | 11/23/2011 | Bankruptcy | Bankruptcy Rules 7008, 9027 and 9033, and new rule 7008.1 | Considered |
| Hon. S. Martin Teel, Jr. (15-BK-B) | 02/23/2015 | Bankruptcy | Form 263, Bill of Costs | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (05-BK-A) | 04/06/2005 | Bankruptcy | Representation of Corporations in "Small Claims" Cases | Considered |
| David W. Ostrander, Esq. (13-BK-A) | 01/10/2013 | Bankruptcy | Individual Debtor Cases | Considered |
| Hon. Timothy Dore (21-BK-E) | 02/04/2021 | Bankruptcy | Form 309E1 and Form 309E2 | Considered |
| Wes Scott (20-BK-B) | 02/03/2020 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9036 | Considered |
| Hon. A. Thomas Small (08-BK-J) | 10/01/2008 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3001, Consumer Debt Trading | Considered |
| Hon. Catherine McEwen (22-BK-G) | 07/12/2022 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9016 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (98-BK-A) | 01/16/1998 | Bankruptcy | Small Claims Procedure for Certain Adversary Proceedings | Considered |
| Susan Ivancsis (10-BK-L) | 02/01/2011 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1007 | Considered |
| Gregory B. Jones (02-BK-D) | 03/08/2002 | Bankruptcy | Exhibit C to the Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (16-BK-E) | 04/07/2016 | Bankruptcy | Bankruptcy Appellate Rules | Considered |
| US Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Alabama (Douglas F. Young) (07-BK-B) | 01/24/2007 | Bankruptcy | Suggested creating PDF-fillable forms | Considered |
| Hon. William F. Stone, Jr. (09-BK-J) | 12/15/2009 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9013, Rule 9014, Need for additional rules and forms for payment of administrative expenses. | Considered |
| Raymond P. Bell (00-BK-A) | 01/18/2000 | Bankruptcy | Rules 2002(g), 3002(a) | Considered |
| Hon. Arthur J. Gonzalez (11-BK-L) | 12/10/2011 | Bankruptcy | Proposed modification to the Standing Order of Referral | Considered |
| Prof. Kenneth N. Klee (15-BK-C) | 03/13/2015 | Bankruptcy | Rule 8018 | Considered |
| Hon. Samuel L. Bufford (05-BK-B) | 09/15/2005 | Bankruptcy | 4003(b) | Considered |
| Mediation Committee, American Bankruptcy Institute (17-BK-D) | 09/06/2017 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9019 | Considered |
| Walter C. Oney, Jr. (15-BK-J) | 12/14/2015 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9009 and Official Forms | Considered |
| Honorable Eric L. Frank (13-BK-B) | 02/11/2013 | Bankruptcy | Form B1 | Considered |
| Hon. Catherine McEwen (21-BK-F) | 02/18/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1007(c) | Considered |
| American Bankruptcy Institute's Task Force on National Ethics Standards (13-BK-C) | 03/14/2013 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2014 | Considered |
| National Bankruptcy Conference (21-BK-J) | 05/17/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7001 | Considered |