[House Document 111-111]
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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.