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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professor David J. Sharpe (07-CV-D) | 05/06/2008 | Civil | Admiralty Rules | Considered |
| Lord & Heinlein (17-CV-IIIII) | 08/03/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Sai (19-AP-G) | 10/25/2019 | Appellate | Proposed Rulemaking on Official Capacity Parties | Considered |
| Hon. Geraldine Mund (03-BK-F) | 10/21/2003 | Bankruptcy | Incorporation of Civil Procedure Rule 5.1 | Considered |
| Stephen J. Herman (15-CV-B) | 02/25/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Susan M. Swan (17-CV-AAA) | 07/20/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Thomas Jones (18-CV-G) | 02/03/2018 | Civil | Rule 8 | Considered |
| Richard J. Douglas (01-CR-C) | 04/06/2001 | Criminal | Rule 11 | Considered |
| Department of Justice (20-EV-AA) | 11/06/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (15-CV-FF) | 10/09/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Hon. Arthur J. Gonzalez (11-BK-L) | 12/10/2011 | Bankruptcy | Proposed modification to the Standing Order of Referral | Considered |
| The Gittes Law Group (17-CV-SSSS) | 08/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Ana M. Kocur, General Counsel, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (18-AP-E) | 12/18/2018 | Appellate | Rule 25 | Considered |
| Commercial Law League of America (01-BK-A) | 01/10/2001 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2014, Rule 9014, 7026 | Considered |
| Allison M. Zieve, Esq. ( Public Citizen Litigation Group) (11-CR-D) | 12/15/2011 | Criminal | Rule 6(e) | Considered |
| Gary Peel (21-CV-M) | 05/17/2021 | Civil | New rule regarding time frame for motion resolution | Considered |
| Hon. John E. Waites (12-BK-I) | 04/10/2012 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1006(b) | Considered |
| John L. Runft, Esq. (05-CV-F) | 08/05/2005 | Civil | Motions in Limine | Considered |
| George Weiss (19-BK-K) | 09/16/2019 | Bankruptcy | Proposed Rulemaking regarding DSO certification; Supplements 19-BK-I | Considered |
| Sheila Birnbaum and Mark Cheffo (20-EV-Q) | 10/02/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Hon. Susan P. Graber (15-CR-C) | 08/07/2015 | Criminal | Rules 32.1 and 23 | Considered |
| Aaron R. Cahn, Esq. (10-BK-I) | 12/17/2010 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 7 - SOFA | Considered |
| Mary E. Kelly (17-CV-CCCC) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Julie A. Robinson (12-CV-E) | 08/20/2012 | Civil | New rule(s) regarding electronic signatures and the retention of paper documents containing original signatures | Considered |
| Debbie Lewis (18-BK-E) | 07/31/2018 | Bankruptcy | Official Forms 101A and 101B | Considered |
| Michael A. Fritz, Esq. (09-BK-A) | 02/13/2009 | Bankruptcy | Official Bankruptcy Forms | Considered |
| Hon. James S. Sledge (98-BK-E) | 12/07/1998 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3015 | Considered |
| Federal Defender Sentencing Guideline Committee (Jon M. Sands) (06-CR-H) | 10/24/2006 | Criminal | Rule 32(h) | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (16-BK-D) | 04/06/2016 | Bankruptcy | Rule 4001(c) | Considered |
| Margaret Morris (14-AP-C) | 07/01/2014 | Appellate | Consider Rulemaking in Response to Specific Litigation | Considered |