Can I be excused on the day? Why have I been summoned again? Why have I been summoned? How do I prove my attendance at jury service to my employer? My employer is still paying me while I do jury service. Can the court pay my jury service fee directly to my employer? How can I show my employer proof of payment for jury service? How long will I be needed for? After you complete your term of service, it is unlikely that you will be called again for a period of two 2 years. You need to make a request to defer your jury service in writing using the back of the jury qualification questionnaire.
Please give the reason why you need to be deferred and when would be a better time for your to serve as a juror within a 6-month period. The questionnaire still needs to be completed and returned to the Court. If you are asking to be permanently excused from jury service, you are still required to complete the questionnaire. All legal grounds for requesting excuse may be found on Question 14 on the enclosed Jury Qualification Questionnaire.
Please read through the 4 listed excuse categories and fill in the circle that applies to your excuse. Some categories do require further information and must be explained in the Remarks column on the reverse side of the questionnaire. If you feel you will incur a hardship or conflict by serving as a juror, please write on the reverse side of your juror questionnaire your request to be excused prior to reporting.
Please indicate any scheduled vacations, business trips, or any days you will be unavailable to serve on jury duty by circling the dates on the calendar on the reverse side of the jury questionnaire. If you are a student currently attending school and need to be adjourned, please indicate so on the reverse side of the questionnaire.
No excusals or adjournments can be granted over the telephone. If you fill out your questionnaire on-line and need to request a postponement or inform us of any dates you are unable to serve, please use the "Contact Us" button on the eJuror page.
If you have served in another court within the last two years Quest. The eight year excuse period observed by NY State does not apply in U.
District Court. Requests to be excused or postponed are not automatically granted. It is your responsibility to verify that your request to be excused or postponed has been granted. Please call the toll-free automated jury information system at for up-to-date information on your request 5 days prior to your reporting date.
Filling out your questionnaire on-line will decrease the amount of time needed to confirm your request to be excused. You will be requested to enter your nine-digit participant number located on the upper left hand side next to your name on the front of this form and follow the audio prompt. If you have moved out of the Western New York area, please make the change to your address as instructed, complete the questionnaire and return it in the postage-paid envelope provided.
Please note the name of the court and the dates that you have served on the back of the jury qualification questionnaire under the "Remarks" area. Students are required to complete the questionnaire and return it to the Court. Students are to explain that they are a full-time student and indicate to the Court where they attend college.
If the questionnaire is mailed to their home address, a parent or guardian is asked to forward the jury service packet to the student for them to complete and return. No one person has to know everything. Jurors decide the outcome of a trial as a group, with each member making an important contribution.
If you cannot understand English, follow the instructions on the summons or contact the jury office. If you need assistance, a friend or a family member who speaks English can call for you. However, you may still have to come in person to request a disqualification. Beginning January 1, , certain individuals with a criminal history may serve on California trial juries. Additionally, if any individual is incarcerated in any prison or jail, they are disqualified from jury service.
Also, those who are currently required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section of the Penal Code based on the felony conviction are not eligible for jury service. Finally, any person who has been convicted of malfeasance in office and whose civil rights have not been restored may not serve on a jury.
However, if you have received a pardon from the Governor and had your civil rights restored pursuant to California Penal Code sections There are two ways to receive a pardon: one is by applying for and being granted a Certificate of Rehabilitation and Pardon, and the second is through a Direct Application for Pardon.
Please note that the above changes do not affect the eligibility and disqualification criteria for criminal or civil grand juries, as specified in Section of the Penal Code.
Trial length depends on how complex the issues are and how long jurors spend in deliberations. Most trials are completed within a week. The judge knows approximately how long the trial will take and he or she will give you an idea when your group is called for jury selection.
Judges are aware that long trials can be difficult. Let the judge know if it would be a serious hardship for you to serve on a long trial. Please be patient during this process, because a lot of people have similar concerns about time.
Your employer must allow you time off to serve on a jury. That is the law. The California Labor Code prevents any employer from firing or harassing an employee who is summoned for jury service. School employees and students are protected as well in different parts of the law. However, you must let your employer know well in advance, as soon as you receive your summons.
You should contact the court if you have a problem with your employer. Remember that you can postpone jury service to a more convenient time. Read your summons carefully or contact your local jury office to find out how to request a postponement. If you have a child or an adult under your care, you may ask for a postponement or excuse from jury service. Read your summons carefully or contact your local jury office.
If you are the mother who is breastfeeding a child, you may request a postponement for up to one year by filling out the summons response form. If you need certain accommodations such as assistance with a wheelchair, hearing amplification, or special seating, contact your local jury office right away. Let them know what you will need. If they cannot reasonably accommodate you, you may request to be excused from jury service.
The judge and court staff works to reduce the time prospective jurors spend waiting for assignment. The court asks for your patience and suggests that you bring a book or other reading material to occupy your time while waiting. The judge and court staff will explain delays when possible. The judge will take your privacy into consideration when making decisions about the case.
The judge must balance the requirement in the federal Constitution that guarantees people a public and speedy trial against the concerns jurors may have about privacy.
If you have questions about your privacy, please let the judge know. If a member of the media, a lawyer, or a friend or family member of one of the people involved in the case approaches you during the trial, let the judge know immediately. This type of contact is inappropriate during a trial. After the trial is over, the media and parties to the case may be able to contact you, but you do not have to talk to them.
Call the judge in your case if you feel harassed. Once the verdict is read in court by the clerk, the members of the jury may be polled and asked how they voted.
Jurors are given proof of their service and often certificates of appreciation or thank-you letters and then are released from jury service. Some jurors find it is helpful to give the judge and attorneys feedback about the trial. Sometimes jurors even exchange phone numbers in order to discuss aspects of the case with other people who shared the same experience. If you do not wish to be contacted after the trial, let the judge know. After long and stressful trials, some jurors may feel disoriented.
Some jurors may also need to talk to a professional about feelings that the trial may have brought up. The NCSC can be contacted at I see it as a citizenship thing — that is, a duty for those called — and should be a source of pride.
Smith acknowledges that he has been 23 years at the same address, but he adds that his first summons was at an earlier address in another London borough. It means he has seen the inside of more crown courts than most career criminals. Ironically, before Smith became semi-retired he worked in HR, and would regularly write letters to the courts asking for an employee to be excused from jury service. Back in the s and s such letters worked, but today the courts are less keen to excuse people.
You can understand why — I think the problem was that juries started to be largely made up of retired people and the unemployed.
Some people are automatically excluded from a summons. Neither can you serve if you have been in prison in the past 10 years. You are a member of the armed forces and your absence would be prejudicial to the efficiency of the service. Most other excuses are treated as reasons to defer, not to avoid, jury service. You can even find yourself on a jury sitting next to a judge. They are only excused if they are known to parties involved in the trial.
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