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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
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Henry Johnson, Jr. (22-AP-A) 01/07/2022 Appellate Rule 29 Pending consideration
The Sedona Conference (22-CV-A) 01/12/2022 Civil Filing Under Seal Pending consideration
Hon. Robert Faris (22-BK-A) 02/10/2022 Bankruptcy Considered
American Association for Justice (22-CV-B) 02/11/2022 Civil Rule 12(a)(4) Considered
Usha Jain (22-CV-C) 02/14/2022 Civil Rule 5(d)(3)(B) Pending consideration
New York City Bar Association (22-CR-A) 02/17/2022 Criminal Rule 17 Pending consideration
Lawyers for Civil Justice (22-CV-D) 03/08/2022 Civil Proposed new Rule 16.1 Considered
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (22-AP-B) 03/14/2022 Appellate Rule 29(a)(2) Considered
Mark Wolfson (22-BK-B) 03/17/2022 Bankruptcy Rule 1020(b); Official Forms 309E2 and 309F2 Considered
Stephen Sachs (22-AP-G) 03/30/2022 Appellate Proposed rulemaking regarding intervention on appeal Pending consideration
UCF Expert Panel (22-BK-C) 05/19/2022 Bankruptcy Official Form 410 Considered
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform (22-CV-E) 05/20/2022 Civil Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) Pending consideration
Judge Patricia Barksdale (22-CV-F) 06/08/2022 Civil Rule 7.1 Pending consideration
Christopher Cross (22-CV-G) 06/14/2022 Civil Rule 17 Considered
Laura Bartell (22-BK-D) 06/19/2022 Bankruptcy Rules 1007(c), 5009(b), and 9006(b) Considered
Laura Bartell (22-BK-E) 06/19/2022 Bankruptcy Form 309 Considered
Hon. Ralph Erickson (22-CV-H) 06/30/2022 Civil Rule 7.1 Pending consideration
Giuseppe Ippolito (22-BK-F) 07/04/2022 Bankruptcy Rule 7012(b) Considered
Senators Thom Tillis and Patrick Leahy (22-CV-Q) 07/05/2022 Civil Rule 53 Considered
Hon. Catherine McEwen (22-CV-I) 07/12/2022 Civil Rule 45 Pending consideration
Hon. Catherine McEwen (22-BK-G) 07/12/2022 Bankruptcy Rule 9016 Pending consideration
David Wenthold & Zachary Reynolds (22-CV-J) 07/24/2022 Civil Rule 41 Pending consideration
Hon. Catherine McEwen (22-BK-H) 07/29/2022 Bankruptcy Rule 1007 Considered
Sen. Ron Wyden (22-AP-E) 08/04/2022 Appellate Proposed rulemaking on redaction of SSNs Pending consideration
Sen. Ron Wyden (22-BK-I) 08/04/2022 Bankruptcy Proposed rulemaking on redaction of SSNs Considered
Sen. Ron Wyden (22-CV-S) 08/04/2022 Civil Proposed rulemaking on redaction of SSNs Pending consideration
Sen. Ron Wyden (22-CR-B) 08/04/2022 Criminal Proposed rulemaking on redaction of SSNs Pending consideration
Alan Morrison and Roger Trangsrud (22-CV-K) 08/18/2022 Civil Proposed new Rule 16.1 Considered
Lawyers for Civil Justice (22-AP-C) 09/01/2022 Appellate Rule 26.1 Pending consideration
Lawyers for Civil Justice (22-CV-L) 09/02/2022 Civil Rule 23(b)(3) Pending consideration