FSP Stallion 1, LLC et al

Filing 654

ORDER that in developing the proposed joint questionnaire, the Parties make the corrections noted in order. Additionally, the Parties are reminded that the questionnaire must fit on a single page of paper with printing on both sides to assist the Jury Administrator in canvassing the jury pool. Signed by Judge Philip M. Pro on 12/30/11. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - EDS)

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1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 7 *** 8 9 FSP STALLION 1, LLC, et al., Plaintiffs, 10 v. 11 MICHAEL LUCE, et al., 12 Defendants. 13 14 AND ALL RELATED CLAIMS 15 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 2:08-CV-01155-PMP-PAL ORDER 16 At the hearing conducted Wednesday, December 28, 2011, counsel for 17 Defendants submitted to the Court a proposed “Confidential Juror Questionnaire.” 18 Counsel for Plaintiffs advised the Court that they had not yet completed their 19 review of Defendants’ Proposed Juror Questionnaire, and the Parties were directed 20 to bring a proposed joint confidential juror questionnaire to the pretrial conference 21 currently scheduled for Wednesday, January 4, 2012. The Court has reviewed Defendants’ Proposed Questionnaire and finds the 22 23 majority of the questions proposed to be unobjectionable, and indeed typical of 24 voir dire questions the Court would generally pose to prospective jurors. The 25 following, however, are deemed inappropriate by the Court and will not be 26 permitted on the questionnaire or during the jury selection process: Question Nos. 13, 14, 25, 27, and 32. 27 28 /// 1 Additionally, the Court finds Question No. 17 to be potentially vague and 2 confusing. It is unclear whether counsel are seeking from prospective jurors 3 information concerning “significant financial losses” or other “significant losses” 4 within the past five (5) years. 5 Similarly, Question No. 31 inappropriately focuses only on Defendant 6 William “Billy” Walters. Question No. 31 is unnecessary, as the Court will in its 7 general voir dire inquire of all prospective jurors whether they have read or heard 8 anything about this litigation or any of the participating Plaintiffs and Defendants 9 (including Mr. Walters). 10 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that in developing the proposed joint 11 questionnaire, the Parties make the corrections noted by the Court above. 12 Additionally, the Parties are reminded that the questionnaire must fit on a single 13 page of paper with printing on both sides to assist the Jury Administrator in 14 canvassing the jury pool. 15 16 DATED: December 30, 2011. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PHILIP M. PRO United States District Judge

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