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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Weiss (19-BK-D) | 03/23/2019 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7004 | Considered |
| Nico Ratkowski (19-AP-A) | 03/13/2019 | Appellate | Rule 26 | Considered |
| Christopher Bogart (19-CV-F) | 02/20/2019 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
| Burford Capital, et al (19-CV-E) | 02/20/2019 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
| Pascal (19-BK-C) | 02/13/2019 | Bankruptcy | Form 309A | Considered |
| In House Counsel (19-CV-D) | 01/31/2019 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
| Nora Freeman Engstrom (19-CV-C) | 01/22/2019 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Considered |
| Alan Morrison (19-CV-B) | 01/22/2019 | Civil | Special Procedural Rules for Social Security Litigation in District Court | Pending consideration |
| Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System (19-BK-B) | 01/15/2019 | Bankruptcy | Forms Application for Unclaimed Funds | Considered |
| Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System (19-BK-A) | 01/15/2019 | Bankruptcy | Rules 3011 and 9006(b) | Considered |
| Hon. Jesse M. Furman (19-CV-A) | 01/03/2019 | Civil | Rule 4 | Pending consideration |
| Ana M. Kocur, General Counsel, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (18-AP-E) | 12/18/2018 | Appellate | Rule 25 | Considered |
| Ana M. Kocur, General Counsel, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (18-CV-EE) | 12/18/2018 | Civil | Rule 5.2(c) | Considered |
| Hon. Patricia Barksdale (18-CR-G) | 12/10/2018 | Criminal | Rule 40 | Considered |
| Sandra Milburn (18-BK-I) | 12/05/2018 | Bankruptcy | Statement of Intention | Considered |
| American Bankruptcy Institute’s Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy (18-BK-H) | 11/29/2018 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002.1 | Pending consideration |
| Social Security Administration (18-CV-CC) | 11/29/2018 | Civil | Special Procedural Rules for Social Security Litigation in District Court | Pending consideration |
| John H. Beisner (18-CV-BB) | 11/21/2018 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Considered |
| National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (18-CV-AA) | 11/20/2018 | Civil | Special Procedural Rules for Social Security Litigation in District Court | Pending consideration |
| National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees (18-BK-G) | 11/15/2018 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002.1 | Pending consideration |
| Mary Novotny Pena (18-CV-Z) | 11/09/2018 | Civil | Civil Rules | Considered |
| Zachary Clopton (18-CV-Y) | 10/26/2018 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Considered |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (18-EV-A) | 10/10/2018 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (18-CV-X) | 09/14/2018 | Civil | 7, 20, 23.3 (new), 26(a) | Pending consideration |
| Carter B. Harrison IV (18-CR-F) | 08/30/2018 | Criminal | Rule 16 | Pending consideration |
| Christian Cooper (18-BK-F) | 08/15/2018 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 122A-1 | Considered |
| Stephen E. Sachs (18-AP-D) | 08/13/2018 | Appellate | Rule 36 | Considered |
| Debbie Lewis (18-BK-E) | 07/31/2018 | Bankruptcy | Official Forms 101A and 101B | Considered |
| National Association of Professional Background Screeners (18-CR-E) | 07/20/2018 | Criminal | New rule requiring defendants to disclose full names and dates of birth | Considered |
| National Association of Professional Background Screeners (18-CV-W) | 07/20/2018 | Civil | New rule requiring defendants to disclose full names and dates of birth | Considered |