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Rules Comments

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Name of Individual and/or Organization Date Received Committee Rule or Form
N. Sue Allen (08-CV-171) 02/17/2009 Civil 56
New York City Bar Association (Wendy H. Schwartz) (08-CV-173) 02/17/2009 Civil 56
Federal Bar Council (Robert J. Giuffra) (08-CV-174) 02/17/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Lawyers for Civil Justice and the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (Barry Bauman) (08-CV-181) 02/17/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Robert J. Wiley (08-CV-179) 02/17/2009 Civil 56
Alice W. Ballard (08-CV-178) 02/17/2009 Civil 56
State Bar of California’s Committee on Administration of Justice (Reuben A. Ginsburg) (08-CV-176) 02/17/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Honorable Marcia S. Krieger (08-CV-175) 02/17/2009 Civil 56
Federation of Corporate and Defense Counsel (Michael T. Lucey) (08-CV-167) 02/13/2009 Civil 26 & 56
United States District Court for the District of Oregon (Honorable Sue L. Robinson, Honorable Gregory M. Sleet, and Honorable Joseph J. Farnan, Jr.) (08-CV-166) 02/13/2009 Civil 56
Scott Jerger, Stephen W. Manning, Danielle J. Hunsaker, and Karen O’Kasey of the Oregon State Bar (08-CV-165) 02/13/2009 Civil 56
CompuLaw (Ellie M. Bertwell) (08-BK-004) 02/12/2009 Bankruptcy 1004.2(b)
Honorable Janice M. Stewart (08-CV-164) 02/12/2009 Civil 56
Perkins Coie LLP (Harry H. Schneider) (08-CV-163) 02/11/2009 Civil 56
Federal Magistrate Judges Association (Honorable Anthony J. Battaglia) (08-EV-003) 02/10/2009 Evidence 804
Federal Magistrate Judges Association (Honorable Anthony J. Battaglia) (08-CR-008) 02/10/2009 Criminal 5, 12.3, 15, 21, 32.1
Honorable Robert E. Grant (08-BK-003) 02/10/2009 Bankruptcy 5009 and 7001
Honorable Michael R. Merz, J. Steven Justice, Lynnette Dinkler, and Donald E. Burton of The Federal Practice Committee of The Dayton Bar Association (08-CV-162) 02/10/2009 Civil 56
Federal Magistrate Judges Association (Honorable Anthony J. Battaglia) (08-CV-161) 02/10/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Professor Stephen N. Subrin (08-CV-160) 02/09/2009 Civil 56
John A. K. Grunert (08-CV-159) 02/09/2009 Civil 26
Professor Suja A. Thomas (08-CV-158) 02/09/2009 Civil 56
Margaret A. Harris (08-CV-157) 02/06/2009 Civil 56
Brian P. Sanford (08-CV-156) 02/06/2009 Civil 56
All Active, Senior, and Magistrate Judges, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Honorable Claudia Wilken) (08-CV-155) 02/05/2009 Civil 56
American Bar Association – Section of Litigation (Jeffrey J. Greenbaum) (08-CV-152) 01/30/2009 Civil 56
Trustees of the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey (Dennis J. Drasco) (08-CV-153) 01/30/2009 Civil 26
Rules Committee of the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey (Peter S. Pearlman) (08-CV-154) 01/30/2009 Civil 26
Joan Herrington (08-CV-151) 01/30/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Honorable H. Russel Holland (08-CV-149) 01/29/2009 Civil 56