Local Rule LCivR 48: NUMBER OF JURORS; VERDICT; POLLING
E.D. Wash. — Civil rule
LCivR 48 NUMBER OF JURORS; VERDICT; POLLING
(a) [Reserved]
(b) Verdict.
After the case has been submitted to the jury, the Court will notify the parties or their attorneys by telephone when their presence in the courtroom is required. If, after the expiration of 20 minutes from the time the party or attorney has been notified or attempted to be notified, the party or attorney is voluntarily absent, that party or attorney waives the right to be present and consents to such proceedings which take place in the courtroom during such absence.
(c) [Reserved]
(d) Contacting Jurors After Trial.
Neither counsel nor the parties shall contact or interview jurors or cause jurors to be contacted or interviewed after trial without first having been granted leave to do so by the Court.