{"id":4364,"date":"2017-08-10T01:03:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T01:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=4364"},"modified":"2017-11-29T04:30:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T04:30:55","slug":"rule-47-selecting-jurors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=4364","title":{"rendered":"Rule 47 \u2013 Selecting Jurors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Simplified<\/em><\/span><\/a>:
\nTitle VI<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Trials
\nRule 47<\/span>\u00a0– Selecting Jurors<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Continued from Rule 46 – Objecting to a Ruling or Order<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Rule 47 Transcript:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(a)\u00a0Examining Jurors<\/strong>.\u00a0The court may permit the parties or their attorneys to examine prospective jurors or may itself do so.\u00a0 If the court examines the jurors, it must permit the parties or their attorneys to make any further inquiry it considers proper, or must itself ask any of their additional questions it considers proper.<\/span><\/p>\n

(b)\u00a0Peremptory Challenges<\/strong>.\u00a0The court must allow the number of peremptory challenges provided by\u00a028 U.S.C. \u00a71870<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

(c)\u00a0Excusing a Juror<\/strong>.\u00a0During trial or deliberation, the court may excuse a juror for good cause.<\/span><\/p>\n

Transcript of<\/span>\u00a028 U.S.C. \u00a71870<\/a>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

United States Code
\nTitle 28 – JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
\n<\/span>PART V – PROCEDURE
\n<\/span>CHAPTER 121 – JURIES; TRIAL BY JURY<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n\u00a71870. Challenges<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0In civil cases, each party shall be entitled to three peremptory challenges. Several defendants or several plaintiffs may be considered as a single party for the purposes of making challenges, or the court may allow additional peremptory challenges and permit them to be exercised separately or jointly.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0All challenges for cause or favor, whether to the array or panel or to individual jurors, shall be determined by the court.<\/span><\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Rule 48<\/span> – Number of Jurors; Verdict; Polling<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/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

[2]: U.S. House of Representatives’ Office of Law Revision Counsel, “28 U.S.C. \u00a71870”:\u00a0http:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1870&num=0&edition=prelim<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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