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 |
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Hon. Catherine McEwen (21-BK-F) | 02/18/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1007(c) | Considered |
Hon. Patricia Barksdale (21-CV-E) | 02/16/2021 | Civil | Rule 37(c)(1) | Considered |
Thomas Moers Mayer (21-BK-D) | 02/16/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3007(c) | Considered |
Sai (21-AP-B) | 02/09/2021 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking on IFP forms | Pending consideration |
Hon. Iain Johnston (21-CV-D) | 02/08/2021 | Civil | Rule 37 | Considered |
Lawyers for Civil Justice (21-EV-A) | 02/08/2021 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
Hon. Timothy Dore (21-BK-E) | 02/04/2021 | Bankruptcy | Form 309E1 and Form 309E2 | Considered |
Ralph Brubaker, Robert Lawless, and Bruce Markell (21-BK-C) | 02/04/2021 | Bankruptcy | Proposed amendment to Rule 7001 and new rule for certain turnover actions | Considered |
Forty-Five Professors (21-BK-B) | 01/29/2021 | Bankruptcy | Proposed amendment to Rule 7001 and new rule for certain turnover actions | Considered |
Hon. Kathy Surratt-States (21-BK-A) | 01/28/2021 | Bankruptcy | Form 101 and Form 309 | Considered |
John Siffert (21-CR-B) | 01/21/2021 | Criminal | Rule 16 | Pending consideration |
Zachary Clopton and Andrew Hammond (21-CV-C) | 01/19/2021 | Civil | IFP Petitions | Pending consideration |
Greg Patmythes (21-CV-B) | 01/18/2021 | Civil | Rule 60 | Considered |
Greg Patmythes (21-AP-A) | 01/18/2021 | Appellate | Rule 4 and Rule 6 | Pending consideration |
Hon. Donald Molloy (21-CR-A)(Rule 6) | 01/14/2021 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Considered |
Donald Molloy (21-CR-A)(Rule 16) | 01/14/2021 | Criminal | Rule 16 | Pending consideration |
Hon. Patricia Barksdale (21-CV-A) | 01/05/2021 | Civil | Rule 65(e) | Considered |
Hon. Beryl Howell and Hon. Royce Lamberth (21-CR-C) | 01/03/2021 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Considered |
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 |
Shanin Specter (20-CV-HH) | 12/18/2020 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Considered |
Alan Morrison (20-AP-G) | 12/10/2020 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
Hon. Henry A. Callaway (20-BK-I) | 11/13/2020 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3001 and Form B101 | Considered |
Jeffrey A. Parness (20-CV-GG) | 11/13/2020 | Civil | Rule 27(c) | Considered |
Beveridge & Diamond (20-EV-DD) | 11/10/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (20-EV-CC) | 11/09/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
Shook Hardy & Bacon (20-EV-BB) | 11/09/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
H. Brent McKnight Jr. (20-CR-J) | 11/08/2020 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Considered |
Department of Justice (20-EV-AA) | 11/06/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
Theodore Folkman (20-CV-FF) | 11/05/2020 | Civil | Rule 4 | Considered |
Brian Kerzetski (20-CR-I) | 11/01/2020 | Criminal | Rule 29.1 | Considered |