JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES ISSUES NOTICE: ADVISORY COMMITTEES ON APPELLATE, BANKRUPTCY, CIVIL, CRIMINAL, AND EVIDENCE RULES; HEARINGS OF THE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Judicial Conference Of The United States has issued a notice called: Advisory Committees on Appellate, Bankruptcy, Civil, Criminal, and Evidence Rules; Hearings of the Judicial Conference.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on July 31 by Shelly L. Cox, Management Analyst, Rules Committee Staff.

Summary: The Advisory Committees of the Judicial Conference Committee on the Rules of Practice and Procedure propose amending the federal rules of practice and procedure. The proposed amendments to Appellate Rule 25, Bankruptcy Rules 5005, 8011, 9006, 9036, Civil Rules 5 and 6, and Criminal Rules 45 and 49 relate to the ability of self-represented litigants to use a federal court's electronic filing system to fi...