Local Rule LRCiv 39.2: COMMUNICATIONS WITH TRIAL JURORS

LRCiv 39.2 COMMUNICATIONS WITH TRIAL JURORS

(a) Before or During Trial. Absent an order of the Court and except in the course of in-court proceedings, no one shall directly or indirectly communicate with or cause another to communicate with a juror, prospective juror, or member of such juror's or prospective juror's family before or during a trial.

(b) After Trial. Interviews with jurors after trial by or on behalf of parties involved in the trial are prohibited except on condition that the attorney or party involved desiring such an interview file with the Court written interrogatories proposed to be submitted to the juror(s), together with an affidavit setting forth the reasons for such proposed interrogatories, within the time granted for a motion for a new trial. Approval for the interview of jurors in accordance with the interrogatories and affidavit so filed will be granted only upon the showing of good cause. See Federal Rules of Evidence, Rule 606(b). Following the interview, a second affidavit must be filed indicating the scope and results of the interviews with jurors and setting out the answers given to the interrogatories.

(c) Juror's Rights. Except in response to a Court order, no juror is compelled to communicate with anyone concerning any trial in which the juror has been a participant.