{"id":4298,"date":"2017-08-09T18:32:26","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T18:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=4298"},"modified":"2017-11-29T07:17:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T07:17:19","slug":"rule-38-right-to-a-jury-trial-demand","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=4298","title":{"rendered":"Rule 38 \u2013 Right to a Jury Trial; Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure\u00a0Simplified<\/em><\/a>:
\nTitle VI<\/a> – Trials
\nRule 38<\/span> \u2013 Right to a Jury Trial; Demand<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Continued from Rule 37 – Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Rule 3 Transcript:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(a)\u00a0Right Preserved<\/strong>.\u00a0The right of trial by jury as declared by the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution<\/a>\u2014or as provided by a federal statute\u2014is preserved to the parties inviolate.<\/span><\/p>\n

(b)\u00a0Demand<\/strong>.\u00a0On any issue triable of right by a jury, a party may demand a jury trial by:<\/span><\/p>\n

(1) serving the other parties with a written demand\u2014which may be included in a pleading\u2014no later than 14 days after the last pleading directed to the issue is served; and<\/span><\/p>\n

(2) filing the demand in accordance with\u00a0Rule 5(d)<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

(c)\u00a0Specifying Issues<\/strong>.\u00a0In its demand, a party may specify the issues that it wishes to have tried by a jury; otherwise, it is considered to have demanded a jury trial on all the issues so triable. If the party has demanded a jury trial on only some issues, any other party may\u2014within 14 days after being served with the demand or within a shorter time ordered by the court\u2014serve a demand for a jury trial on any other or all factual issues triable by jury.<\/span><\/p>\n

(d)\u00a0Waiver; Withdrawal<\/strong>.\u00a0A party waives a jury trial unless its demand is properly served and filed.\u00a0 A proper demand may be withdrawn only if the parties consent.<\/span><\/p>\n

(e)\u00a0Admiralty and Maritime Claims<\/strong>.\u00a0These rules do not create a right to a jury trial on issues in a claim that is an admiralty or maritime claim under\u00a0Rule 9(h)<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Next Rule:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Rule 39 – Trial by Jury or by the Court<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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[1]: United States Courts, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (2017):\u00a0\u00a0www.uscourts.gov\/rules-policies\/current-rules-practice-procedure\/federal-rules-civil-procedure<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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