D. Conn. L. Civ. R. 83.5

1. Trial Jurors

(a) No person, other than the Court or Court personnel, shall contact or communicate with,

directly or indirectly, a juror, potential juror or excused juror, or any relative, friend or associate of

any such juror, during jury selection or trial, concerning the subject matter of the trial or the

juror’s participation in the trial, except with the permission of and under the supervision of the

Court.

(b) Jurors have no obligation to speak to any person about any case and may refuse all

interviews or requests to discuss the case. Jurors may only speak or write about their own

participation in the trial. Jurors may not discuss the deliberations of the jury, votes of the jury, or

the actions or comments of any other juror. However, jurors shall report to the Court any

extraneous prejudicial information improperly brought to the jury’s attention, any outside

influence improperly brought to bear upon any juror, or whether the verdict reported was the

result of a clerical mistake.

(c) Unless explicitly authorized by the Court, no party, and no attorney or person acting on

behalf of a party or attorney, shall question a juror concerning the deliberations of the jury, votes

of the jury or the actions or comments of any other juror.

(d) No person may contact, communicate with or interview any juror in any manner which

subjects the juror to harassment, misrepresentation, duress or coercion.

2. Juror Information

The Clerk shall make available to counsel and self-represented parties participating in jury

selection the responses to juror questionnaires of those prospective jurors participating in jury

selection. Upon request of counsel or a self-represented party, the Court may order the Clerk to

make available to counsel and a self-represented party participating in jury selection the list of

potential jurors summoned for the case. Other individuals may request such information in

accordance with the District’s Jury Plan.

3. Grand Jurors

No person, other than those authorized under Fed.R.Crim.P. 6 or Court personnel, shall

contact or communicate with, directly or indirectly, a grand juror, potential grand juror, or

excused grand juror at any time concerning the subject matter of the grand jury proceedings or

the juror’s participation in the grand jury proceedings. Grand jurors shall also comply with Fed.

R. Crim P. 6.

4. Violations

A violation of this rule may be treated as a contempt of Court. The Court shall have

continuing supervision over communications with jurors, even after a trial has been completed.