US · rules
W.D. Mich. LCrR 24.1
Confidentiality of juror information
(a) All information obtained from juror questionnaires is confidential and may be used
only for jury selection and in accordance with this rule.
(b) Juror questionnaires will be distributed by the clerk’s office via secured electronic
communication to counsel of record three (3) business days before trial. Electronic
access will be protected by password set to expire automatically once jury selection
begins.
(c) Paper copies of additional juror questionnaires collected before trial will be
distributed to counsel on selection day. The court will also provide unrepresented
parties with one paper copy of the juror questionnaires at the beginning of jury
selection. Juror questionnaires will not be available via mail or facsimile
transmission.
(d) For represented parties, counsel of record is responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality and security of juror questionnaires and must apply security
practices no less stringent than those applicable to confidential client information.
Unrepresented parties may use juror questionnaires only under supervision of the
court and may not reproduce the juror questionnaires in any form or distribute them
to anyone. At the completion of jury selection, all paper copies of juror
questionnaires will be collected for destruction by the court..
(e) Documents containing the name or signature of a juror shall be filed under restricted
access, with electronic access available to the court only. Such restricted access
documents may include but are not limited to a jury verdict, juror notes and
attachments thereto, as well as an indictment. A duplicate jury verdict, juror notes,
or indictment, with the name and signature of the juror redacted, will be
electronically filed and available to the public unless otherwise sealed by court
order.
Provenance
- Source
- www.miwd.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-19
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