Federal Jury Duty Summons

[KBScobravert]

Anyone else received or served on a Federal Jury?

Their timing couldn't be any worse. I wouldn't mind serving on a jury; done it before. But I need to be job hunting next week and nothing like having a 2 week on call jury summons hanging over me.

I have to call in on Friday November 14th after 3p for reporting instructions and have to continue to call on each Monday and Friday until November 28th. Or worse, I get picked and it goes longer.

Looking at the juror number it isn't like I am in the 3 or 4 digits. Nope. Under 100.

I fully expect the crazy replies about how to get out of it but has anyone else been through a Federal summons like this?

[David]

Federal Jury Duty Summons

I have, wasn't too bad. For folks that have to report hundred of miles away some day it sucks.

[Stng5Pnt8]

Just received a notice myself yesterday, now to figure a way to get out of it...

[Rick Modena]

Yup, I got picked to serve in Grayson county Fed jury. They are real picky about who serves, so just go and more than likely you will be sent home. On the plus side, if you are picked they pay decent, well better than your local jury does...

[LANTIRN]

My grandfather did years ago. Apparently they force you to wear a suit and tie and if you don't they hold you in contempt of court. If you don't own a suit supposedly they force you to buy one or hold you in contempt, though I don't understand how that is legal. That is all the experience I have with it; I don't own a suit and would not buy one for the feds so I guess I would be in jail for it? I really don't know.

[Rick Modena]

I know you have to dress appropriately (semi-formal), but I just wore a nice tie and button up shirt and slacks, I left the jacket in the car in case they said something but they didn't...

[Baba Ganoush]

No dress code unless you're picked, then the court can stipulate but nowadays it's usually business casual.

[Sean88gt]

Civic duty and shit.

[LANTIRN]

I know you have to dress appropriately (semi-formal), but I just wore a nice tie and button up shirt and slacks, I left the jacket in the car in case they said something but they didn't...

That makes a lot more sense.

[dee]

My wife got out of a federal jury duty by being self employed. It was a pain to figure out the form to try and get excused though.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Gonna have to send someone to federal pound me in the ass prison?

[TRAILBLAZER]

Tell them you might have Ebola

[John -- '02 HAWK]

Tell them you might have Ebola

wear a gas mask and tell them your afraid of the ebola

interrupt a lawyer and tell them you have pallet of ammo being dropped to the warehouse and you need to pick it up

[Jewrrick]

wear a gas mask and tell them your afraid of the ebola

interrupt a lawyer and tell them you have pallet of ammo being dropped to the warehouse and you need to pick it up

Lol!

[Cooter]

My grandfather did years ago. Apparently they force you to wear a suit and tie and if you don't they hold you in contempt of court. If you don't own a suit supposedly they force you to buy one or hold you in contempt, though I don't understand how that is legal. That is all the experience I have with it; I don't own a suit and would not buy one for the feds so I guess I would be in jail for it? I really don't know.