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Amendments to the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure 2022—Transmittal to the Supreme Court

October 18, 2021

This package of materials was transmitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on October 18, 2021, concerning amendments to the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure to become effective on December 1, 2022.

This contains proposed amendments to Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 25 and 42; proposed amendments to Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure 1007, 1020, 2009, 2012, 2015, 3002, 3010, 3011, 3014, 3016, 3017.1, 3018, 3019, 5005, 7004, and 8023 and new rule 3017.2; proposed amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7.1; adoption of new Supplemental Rules for Social Security Review Actions Under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g); and proposed amendments to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16.

Additional information about these amendments is available at Amendments to the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure (webpage).

Information about rules amendments and the rule-making process is available on uscourts.gov at United States Courts Rules & Policies.

Downloadable file:
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