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December 19, 2006
ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SEVENTH REPORT
OF THE
STANDING COMMITTEE ON RULES
OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
The Honorable Robert M. Bell,
Chief Judge
The Honorable Irma S. Raker
The Honorable Alan M. Wilner
The Honorable Dale R. Cathell
The Honorable Glenn T. Harrell, Jr.
The Honorable Lynne A. Battaglia
The Honorable Clayton Greene, Jr.,
Judges
The Court of Appeals of Maryland
Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Your Honors:
The Rules Committee submits this, its One Hundred Fifty-
Seventh Report, and recommends that the Court adopt the proposed
Rules changes transmitted with this Report. The proposed changes
fall into eight categories. Following is a brief description of
the principal proposals in each category.
In Category One are proposed amendments to fourteen Rules in
Titles 2 and 3. A Committee note that refers to the definition
of “process” set forth in Rule 1-202 is proposed to be added to
Rules 2-126 and 3-126 to reduce the number of requests for orders
of default that are being made without a return of service of
process having been made. With respect to filing papers in an
action in the name of “John Doe,” a cross-reference to Doe v.
Shady Grove Hospital, 89 Md. App. 351 (1991) is proposed to be
added to Rules 2-201 and 3-201. Proposed amendments to Rule 2-
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