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Rules Comments

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Name of Individual and/or Organization Date Received Committee Rule or Form
Honorable G. Patrick Murphy (08-CV-009) 10/06/2008 Civil 56
Honorable Avern Cohn (08-CV-006) 10/01/2008 Civil 56
William M. Griffin, III (08-CV-007) 09/29/2008 Civil 26
Robert B. Anderson (08-CV-011) 09/29/2008 Civil 56
Kenneth A. Lazarus (08-CV-008) 09/29/2008 Civil 26 & 56
Alex L. Zipperer (08-CR-002) 09/25/2008 Criminal 21 & 32
Edmund Scientific Company (Norman W. Edmund) (08-CV-005) 09/24/2008 Civil 26
Leslie R. Weatherhead (08-CV-003) 09/24/2008 Civil 26 & 56
Honorable Robert J. Kressel (08-BK-001) 09/23/2008 Bankruptcy 7001(b)
Edward J. Brunet (08-CV-002) 09/23/2008 Civil 56
Benjamin J. Butts (08-AP-001) 09/22/2008 Appellate Appellate Rules
Benjamin J. Butts (08-CV-004) 09/22/2008 Civil Civil Rules & Appellate Rules
Center for Constitutional Litigation (John Vail) (08-CV-001) 09/09/2008 Civil 56
Jordan Center for Criminal Justice and Penal Reform (Jordan) (07-AP-019) 02/25/2008 Appellate Rule 29, § 2254 and 2255 of Rule 11
Jordan Center for Criminal Justice and Penal Reform (Jordan) (07-CR-016) 02/25/2008 Criminal AP Rule 29, CV Rule 15, CR Rule 41, § 2254 and 2255 of Rule 11
Jordan Center for Criminal Justice and Penal Reform (Jordan) (07-CV-020) 02/25/2008 Civil AP Rule 29, CV Rule 15, CR Rule 41, § 2254 and 2255 of Rule 11
National Bankruptcy Conference (Levin) (07-CV-019 ) 02/15/2008 Civil Time-Computation Amendments
USDOJ Office of the Assistant Attorney General (Bucholtz) (07-CV-015) 02/15/2008 Civil 8(c), 13(f), 15(a), 81, 62.1
FDIC Litigation Branch (Osterman) (07-CV-016) 02/15/2008 Civil Time-Computation Amendments
American Bar Association Business Law Section Committee on Bankrutpcy Court Structure and Task Force on Bankruptcy Rules (Schorling) (07-BR-037) 02/15/2008 Bankruptcy 8002
7th Circuit Bar Association Rules and Practice Committee (Wiegand) (07-BR-036) 02/15/2008 Bankruptcy AP Rule 12.1, 4(a)(4)(B)(ii); CV Rule 62.1, 15; BK 8002
Alesia S. Wallace (07-BR-035) 02/15/2008 Bankruptcy 8002
Commercial Law League of America (Borges) (07-BR-034) 02/15/2008 Bankruptcy 8002
FDIC Litigation Branch (Osterman) (07-AP-015) 02/15/2008 Appellate Time-Computation Amendments
USDOJ Office of Deputy Attorney General (Morford) (07-AP-016) 02/15/2008 Appellate Time-Computation Amendments
State Bar of California Committee on Appellate Courts (Hoffman) (07-AP-017) 02/15/2008 Appellate Appellate Time-Computation Amendments
7th Circuit Bar Association Rules and Practice Committee (Wiegand) (07-AP-018) 02/15/2008 Appellate Rule 12.1, 4(a)(4)(B)(ii)
USDOJ Office of Deputy Attorney General (Morford) (07-CR-015) 02/15/2008 Criminal Time-Computation Amendments
FDIC Litigation Branch (Osterman) (07-CR-014) 02/15/2008 Criminal Time-Computation Amendments
Public Interest Litigation Group (Luby) (07-CR-013) 02/15/2008 Criminal 2254 of Rule 11