Standing Rules Committee Approved Proposed Rules Amendments and new Rules

At its June 9-10, 2008, meeting, the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure adopted the recommendations of the Advisory Committees on Appellate, Bankruptcy, Civil, and Criminal Rules and approved the following proposed amendments on the computation of time under the rules:

• Appellate Rules 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 19, 25, 26, 27, 28.1, 30, 31, 39, and 41;
• Bankruptcy Rules 1007, 1011, 1019, 1020, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2007.2, 2008, 2015, 2015.1, 2015.2, 2015.3, 2016, 3001, 3015, 3017, 3019, 3020, 4001, 4002, 4004, 6003, 6004, 6006, 6007, 7004, 7012, 8001, 8002, 8003, 8006, 8009, 8015, 8017, 9006, 9027, and 9033;
• Civil Rules 6, 12, 14, 15, 23, 27, 32, 38, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 59, 62, 65, 68, 71.1, 72, 81; Supplemental Rules B, C, and G; and Illustrative Civil Forms 3, 4, and 60; and
• Criminal Rules 5.1, 7, 12.1, 12.3, 29, 33, 34, 35, 41, 45, 47, 58, 59, and Rules 8 of the Rules Governing §§ 2254 and 2255 Cases.

The Committee also approved the following proposed non-time computation rules amendments and new rules:

• Appellate Rules 4, 22, 26, and new Rule 12.1;
• Bankruptcy Rules 2016, 4008, 7052, 9006, 9015, 9021, 9023, and new Rule 7058, and Official Forms 8, 9F, 10, 23, and Exhibit D to Official Form 1 (effective December 1, 2008), and new Official Form 27 (effective December 1, 2009);
• Civil Rules 13, 15, 48, and 81, and new Rule 62.1; and
• Criminal Rules 7, 32, and 32.2, 41, and Rules 11 and 12 of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases and Rule 11 of the Rules Governing § 2255 Cases.

The Committee will now transmit the proposed new rules and amendments to the Judicial Conference with a recommendation that they be approved and transmitted to the Supreme Court. The proposed new rules and amendments will be available shortly and will be posted on the "Pending Rules Amendments Awaiting Final Action" page at http://www.uscourts.gov/rules/newrules6.htm.