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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Justice (24-AP-B) | 03/07/2024 | Appellate | Rule 25(a)(5) | Pending consideration |
| Hagens Berman (24-CV-B) | 02/13/2024 | Civil | Rules 43 and 45 | Pending consideration |
| American Bar Association (24-BK-C) | 02/12/2024 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9031 | Pending consideration |
| American Bar Association (24-CV-A) | 02/12/2024 | Civil | Rule 53 | Pending consideration |
| Creditor Rights Coalition (24-BK-B) | 01/19/2024 | Bankruptcy | Proposed rulemaking on bankruptcy case assignments | Pending consideration |
| David DeMatteo (24-AP-A) | 01/13/2024 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Michael Kaplan (24-BK-A) | 01/10/2024 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9031 | Pending consideration |
| U.S. Department of Justice (23-CV-DD) | 12/21/2023 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on civil case assignments | Pending consideration |
| Alan Morrison and Thomas Alvord (23-CR-G) | 12/21/2023 | Criminal | Proposed rulemaking on unified bar admission in district courts | Pending consideration |
| Alan Morrison and Thomas Alvord (23-BK-K) | 12/21/2023 | Bankruptcy | Proposed rulemaking on unified bar admission in district courts | Pending consideration |
| Alan Morrison and Thomas Alvord (23-CV-BB) | 12/21/2023 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on unified bar admission in district courts | Pending consideration |
| National Employment Lawyers Association (23-CV-CC) | 12/20/2023 | Civil | Rule 41 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Jeffrey Sutton (24-AP-M) | 12/15/2023 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking on reopening the time to appeal | Pending consideration |
| Sen. Whitehouse and Rep. Johnson (23-AP-K) | 12/14/2023 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
| Thomas Allman (23-CV-AA) | 11/28/2023 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on privacy rights and cyber security risks | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Zachary Bolitho (23-CR-H) | 11/27/2023 | Criminal | Rule 40 | Pending consideration |
| Andrew Straw (23-AP-J) | 11/15/2023 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking on rules governing service and PACER access | Pending consideration |
| Andrew Straw (23-CV-Z) | 11/15/2023 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on rules governing service and PACER access | Pending consideration |
| DRI Center for Law and Public Policy (23-CV-Y) | 11/07/2023 | Civil | Rule 23 | Pending consideration |
| Sen. Whitehouse and Rep. Johnson (23-AP-I) | 10/26/2023 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
| Daniel Capra (23-EV-B) | 10/12/2023 | Evidence | Rule 803 | Pending consideration |
| 20 Media Organizations (23-CR-F) | 10/05/2023 | Criminal | Rule 53 | Pending consideration |
| American College of Trial Lawyers (23-CV-X) | 09/27/2023 | Civil | Rule 41 and Rule 45 | Pending consideration |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (23-CV-W) | 09/19/2023 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on privacy rights and cyber security risks | Pending consideration |
| Committee on Rule Amendment at Cornell Law School (23-CV-V) | 09/15/2023 | Civil | Rule 12 | Pending consideration |
| Prof. Amanda Shanor and the Brennan Center for Justice (23-CV-U) | 09/01/2023 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on civil case assignments | Pending consideration |
| 19 Organizations (23-CV-T) | 08/31/2023 | Civil | Rule 77 | Pending consideration |
| 17 Organizations (23-CV-S) | 08/31/2023 | Civil | Rule 15 | Pending consideration |
| DRI Center for Law and Public Policy (23-CV-R) | 08/29/2023 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
| Rep. Adam Schiff and Other Members of Congress (23-CR-E) | 08/03/2023 | Criminal | Rule 53 | Pending consideration |