Local Rule 47.1: Juror Information, Questionnaires and Contact
M.D. Ala. — Civil rule
Local Rule 47.1 Juror Information, Questionnaires and Contact.
(a) Attorneys, parties, anyone in their employ, or anyone acting for them or on their behalf shall not, disclose any information obtained from the juror questionnaires provided by the Court and during the jury voir dire process. Attorneys who are provided with questionnaires are responsible for their receipt, review, maintenance, and destruction. No copies of the questionnaires will leave the attorney's office, either electronically or in hard copy. Upon completion of the empaneling of the jury, the attorneys will ensure that all copies (including electronic copies) of the questionnaires of all jury venire members (including the questionnaires of the jurors selected to serve), are immediately destroyed, the computer disc, if applicable, is returned to the court at the time of jury selection, and the information is deleted from the attorney's computer database.
(b) Attorneys, parties, anyone in their employ, or anyone acting for them or on their behalf shall not, without filing a formal motion therefor with the Court and securing the Court's permission, initiate any form of contact for the purpose of interrogating jurors or alternate jurors in civil or criminal cases, in any manner, in an attempt to determine what the jurors thought about any aspect of the case or evidence, the basis for any verdict rendered or to secure other information concerning the deliberations of the jury or any members thereof.
(c) Attorneys, parties, anyone in their employ, or anyone acting for them or on their behalf shall not, without filing a formal motion therefor with the Court and securing the Court's permission, provide any identifying information about a juror or alternate juror in a civil or criminal case to a non-party, or provide any assistance in any form to a non-party who is seeking to contact a juror or alternate juror in civil or criminal cases, in an attempt to determine what the jurors thought about any aspect of the case or evidence, the basis for any verdict rendered or to secure other information concerning the deliberations of the jury or any members thereof.
(d) The Court itself may conduct interrogation of jurors in lieu of granting permission to the movant.