Jury duty

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Jury duty is service as a juror in a legal proceeding. When a person is called for jury duty, that service is usually not optional, in which case, one must attend or face strict penalties. Employers are not allowed to fire an employee simply for being called to jury duty. When attended, potential jurors may be asked to serve as a juror in a trial, or they may be dismissed. See jury selection and Taylor v. Louisiana.

Jury Duty may also refer to:

• Jury Duty (TV series), a 2007 syndicated series featuring celebrities serving as jurors
• Jury Duty (film), a 1995 comedy film starring Pauly Shore

Government Employees and Jury Duty

Court Leave or Court Duty

Government employees are in a paid status of leave (in accordance with 5USC6322) for the time they spend serving as a juror (also known as Court Duty or Court Leave by some organizations). Many organizations are Quasi-Governmental and have adopted this provision into their contract manuals. In accordance with 5USC6322, Government employees are in a paid status as long as they have received a summons in connection with a judicial proceeding, by a court or authority responsible for the conduct of that proceeding to serve as a juror (or witness) in the District of Columbia, a State, territory, or possession of the United States including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Judicial proceeding means any action, suit, including any condemnation, preliminary, informational (like most Ca. Grand Juries), or other proceeding of a judicial nature, but does not include an administrative proceeding (a summons or subpoena, to serve as a witness, by an Administrative Law Judge).

Further reading

• Abramson, Jeffrey B., "We, the jury: the jury system and the ideal of democracy", Harvard University Press, 2000. ISBN 0674004302