Proposed Federal Court Rules Available for Comment

The Judicial Conference Advisory Committees on Appellate, Bankruptcy, Criminal, and Evidence Rules is accepting comments on proposed rules changes.

The Proposed Amendments Published for Public Comment contains a preliminary draft of all of the proposed changes.

Interested parties may submit comments via email to rules_comments@ao.uscourts.gov. Comments become part of the official record and may be viewed by others at this same website. The public comment period ends on Feb. 15, 2013.

Proposed changes affect certain rules dealing with appellate, bankruptcy, civil, criminal, and evidence procedures.