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 |
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Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP (17-CV-XXXX) | 08/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Pending consideration |
Joseph Sanderson (19-CR-D) | 10/30/2019 | Criminal | Proposed Rulemaking on Electronic Filing Deadline | Pending consideration |
John Siffert (21-CR-B) | 01/21/2021 | Criminal | Rule 16 | Pending consideration |
Beverly Peet (20-CV-Q) | 08/03/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
Zachary Clopton and Andrew Hammond (21-CV-C) | 01/19/2021 | Civil | IFP Petitions | Pending consideration |
Greg Patmythes (21-AP-A) | 01/18/2021 | Appellate | Rule 4 and Rule 6 | Pending consideration |
Alan Morrison (20-AP-G) | 12/10/2020 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
Michael Weston (19-CV-BB) | 10/15/2019 | Civil | Rule 4 | Pending consideration |
Lawyers for Civil Justice and the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (20-CV-II) | 12/21/2020 | Civil | Third Party Litigation Funding | Pending consideration |
Arthur Spitzer (19-CV-Z) | 09/19/2019 | Civil | Rule 15 | Pending consideration |
Independent Women’s Law Center (19-CV-Y) | 09/20/2019 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
Thomas O'Toole (20-CV-S) | 08/04/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
Eugene Volokh, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (20-CV-T) | 08/06/2020 | Civil | New Rule 5.3 | Pending consideration |
Janeth Ramos (20-CV-U) | 08/09/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (20-EV-I) | 03/02/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Pending consideration |
Cathy Ellis (20-CV-V) | 08/13/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
Jerry Lowe (20-CV-W) | 08/13/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
Alvin White Jr. (20-CV-X) | 08/13/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
Hon. Michael Chagares (19-CV-U) | 06/03/2019 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking on Electronic Filing Deadline | Pending consideration |
Hon. Michael Chagares (19-CR-C) | 06/03/2019 | Criminal | Proposed Rulemaking on Electronic Filing Deadline | Pending consideration |
John Hawkinson (20-CV-EE) | 10/17/2020 | Civil | Rule 12 and Rule 5 | Pending consideration |
Sai (20-AP-E) | 08/24/2020 | Appellate | Rule 3 | Pending consideration |
Burford Capital LLC (17-CV-XXXXX) | 09/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
Bentham IMF (17-CV-YYYYY) | 09/06/2017 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
Hon. Donald W. Molloy (17-CR-C) | 05/12/2017 | Criminal | Rule 32(e)(2) | Pending consideration |
Sai (19-CR-B) | 07/09/2019 | Criminal | Rule 45 | Pending consideration |
W. Bradley Wendel and Anthony J. Sebok (17-CV-BBBBBB) | 09/27/2017 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
Hon. Patricia Barksdale (20-CV-CC) | 10/06/2020 | Civil | Rule 7.1 and Rule 73 | Pending consideration |
Sai (19-CR-A) | 06/27/2019 | Criminal | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning IFP Qualification | Pending consideration |
Bob Goodlatte, House Judiciary Committee (17-CV-FFFFFF) | 11/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |