Joint Procedure Committee Meeting

Scheduled on Thursday, April 28, 2011 @ 11:00 AM

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I. Roll Call and Preliminaries

II. Minutes of January 27-28, Meeting 1

III. Old Business

A. Rule 65, N.D.R.Civ.P., Injunctions

The Committee will consider whether to amend Rule 65 by incorporating and superseding various statutes on injunctions.

1. Memorandum on Rule 65 33

2. Proposed N.D.R.Civ.P. 65 34

3. Memorandum from Mr. Boschee 45

4. N.D.C.C. ch. 32-06 Injunction 52

5. Fed. R. Civ. P. 65 54

B. Rule 12, N.D.R.Juv.P., Discovery

The Committee will consider whether to make amendments to Rule 12 based on a suggestion from Cass County Assistant State's Attorney Kim Hegvik.

1. Memorandum on Rule 12 59

2. Proposed N.D.R.Juv.P. 12 61

C. Rule 41, N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. R., Access to Court Records

The Committee will discuss whether to amend Rule 41 to clarify the process to request sealing of online records.

1. Memorandum on Rule 41 69

2. N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. R. 41 71

3. Wisconsin Bar Petitions and Supporting Material. 87

D. Rule 54, N.D.R.Civ.P., Judgment; Costs

The Committee will discuss whether to amend Rule 54's explanatory note to add a discussion of Rule 54(b)'s requirements.

1. Memorandum on Rule 54 105

2. N.D.R.Civ.P. 54 106

3. Brummund v. Brummund. 110

4. Minn. Bench and Bar Excerpt 115

E. Rule 8.13, N.D.R.Ct., In Chambers Interview of Child in Domestic Relations Case

The Committee will consider whether to adopt a new Rule of Court setting out a procedure for in camera interviews of children.

1. Memorandum on Rule 8.13 116

2. Proposed N.D.R.Ct. 8.13 118

3. Email from Joanne Ottmar 120

4. N.J. Court Rule 5:8-6. 121

5. Ariz. Fam. Law Proc. R. 12 123

6. Va. Code Ann. Sec. 20-124.2:1 124

7. W.Va. Child Abuse and Neglect Rule 8. 125

8. Muraskin v. Muraskin 127

9. C.E.T. v. K.M.T.. 135

F. Rule 41, N.D.R.Crim.P., Search and Seizure

The Committee will consider whether to make amendments to Rule 41 based on the December 1, 2009, federal amendments.

1. Memorandum on Rule 41 138

2. N.D.R.Crim.P. 41 139

3. Fed.R.Crim.P. 41 and Commentary on Amendments 150

G. Rule 26, N.D.R.Civ.P., General Provisions Governing Discovery

The Committee will consider whether to make amendments to Rule 26 based on the December 1, 2010, federal amendments.

1. Memorandum on Rule 26 156

2. N.D.R.Civ.P. 26 158

3. Fed.R.Civ.P. 26 and Commentary on Amendments 170

IV. New Business

A. Rule 3, N.D.R.Crim.P., The Complaint; Rule 5, N.D.R.Crim.P, Initial Appearance Before the Magistrate; Rule 7, N.D.R.Crim.P., The Indictment and the Information

The Committee will consider whether to adopt amendments to Rules 3, 5 and 7 to allow the information to be used as an initial charging document.

1. Memorandum on Rules 3, 5 and 7 179

2. Proposed N.D.R.Crim.P. 3 181

3. Proposed N.D.R.Crim.P. 5 184

4. Proposed N.D.R.Crim.P. 7 191

5. N.D. Const. art. I, § 10 196

6. Memorandum from Reid Brady on Proposed Amendments199

7. House Bill 1192 206

B. Rule 4, N.D.R.App.P., Appeal - When Taken

The Committee will consider whether to adopt amendments to Rule 4 based on new Fed.R.App.P.12.1.

1. Memorandum on Rule 4 207

2. Proposed N.D.R.App.P. 4 208

3. Email from Penny Miller 216

4. Fed.R.App.P. 12.1 and Commentary 217

5. N.D.R.App.P. 35 220

C. Rule 24, N.D.R.App.P., Supplemental Brief of Indigent Defendant; Rule 32, N.D.R.App.P, Form of Briefs, Appendices and Other Papers; Rule 40, N.D.R.App.P., Petition for Rehearing

The Committee will consider whether to adopt amendments to Rules 24, 32 and 40 to decrease the number of pages allowed in documents submitted to the Supreme Court.

1. Memorandum on Rules 24, 32 and 40 223

2. Proposed N.D.R.App.P. 24 224

3. Proposed N.D.R.App.P. 32 226

4. Proposed N.D.R.App.P. 40 232

D. Rule 6.4, N.D.R.Ct., Exhibits

The Committee will consider changes to Rule 6.4 to make it consistent with new Administrative Order 19.

1. Memorandum on Rule 6.4 235

2. Proposed N.D.R.Ct. 6.4 236

3. N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. O. 19 238

E. Rule 0.0, N.D.R.Ct., Interstate Depositions and Discovery

The Committee will consider whether to adopt a new rule on the issuance of subpoenas for interstate depositions and discovery requests.

1. Memorandum on Rule 0.0 241

2. Proposed N.D.R.Ct. 0.0 242

3. Memorandum from Uniform Law Commissioner Hagerty245

4. Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act 246

F. Rule 29, N.D.R.App.P., Brief of an Amicus Curiae

The Committee will consider whether to adopt amendments to Rule 29 requiring additional information about the relationship between amicus and party.

1. Memorandum on Rule 29 260

2. Proposed N.D.R.App.P. 29 261

3. Fed.R.App.P. 29 and Commentary on Amendments 265

G. Rule 804, N.D.R.Ev., Hearsay Exceptions; Declarant Unavailable

The Committee will consider whether to adopt amendments to Rule 804's exception for statements against interest.

1. Memorandum on Rule 804 268

2. Proposed N.D.R.Ev. 804 269

3. Fed.R.Ev. 804 and Commentary on Amendments 273