Chartis Specialty Insurance Company v. Aqua Sciences Engineers, Inc.

Filing 182

ORDER RE: JURY SELECTION. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on January 10, 2014. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/10/2014)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CHARTIS SPECIALTY INSURANCE
COMPANY,

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Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: JURY SELECTION

v.

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AQUA SCIENCES ENGINEERS, INC.,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

Case No. 11-cv-03669-JST

Defendant.

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The Court hereby notifies all parties that it will use the jury selection method outlined in

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paragraph 9 of Judge Alsup’s “Guidelines for Trial and Final Pretrial Conference in Civil Jury

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Cases,” available at cand.uscourts.gov/whaorders. This method is as follows:
Fifteen prospective jurors will be called to fill the jury box and given seat numbers (1

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through 15). Others will remain on the public benches. For those in the jury box, hardship

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excuses will be considered first and then voir dire will proceed. Some will usually be excused for

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cause or hardship during voir dire and their seats will be filled as excusals are made. After the

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panel is passed for cause (or all cause motions are denied), each side may exercise its allotment of
three peremptory challenges against the fifteen in the jury box. Blind challenges are made
simultaneously. Each side writes down the names and seat numbers of those to be stricken. The
nine surviving the challenge process become the final jury. For example, if the plaintiff strikes 1, 5
and 7 and the defendant strikes 2, 4 and 9, then 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 151 become the final
jury. If both sides strike one or more of the same candidates, then the nine unstruck jurors with the

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In a prior Order, the Court suggested the jury would consist of six jurors and three alternates.
ECF No. 166 at 1. That was in error. The Court will seat a jury of nine jurors.

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lowest seat numbers will be sworn. Once the jury selection is completed, they will be re-seated in

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the jury box and sworn.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: January 10, 2014
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JON S. TIGAR
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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