    [House Document 111-111]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

    111th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 111-111

                       AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF

                                CIVIL PROCEDURE

                                   __________

                                 COMMUNICATION

                                      from

           THE CHIEF JUSTICE, THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

                                  TRANSMITTING

       AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE THAT HAVE BEEN
            ADOPTED BY THE SUPREME COURT, PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 2072

     May 13, 2010.--Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered
                                 to be printed
                            Supreme Court of the United States,
                                        Washington, DC, April 28, 2010.
    Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
    Speaker of the House of Representatives,
    Washington, DC.
        Dear Madam Speaker: I have the honor to submit to the
    Congress the amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
    that have been adopted by the Supreme Court of the United
    States pursuant to Section 2072 of Title 28, United States
    Code.
        Accompanying these rules are excerpts from the report of
    the Judicial Conference of the United States containing the
    Committee Notes submitted to the Court for its consideration
    pursuant to Section 331 of Title 28, United States Code.
                Sincerely,
                                          John G. Roberts, Jr.,
                                                         Chief Justice.