N.D. W. Va. LR Civ P 47.01

(a) Examination of Prospective Jurors: The judicial officer shall conduct the

examination of prospective jurors called to serve in civil actions. In conducting the

examination, the judicial officer shall identify the parties and their respective counsel and

briefly outline the nature of the action. The judicial officer shall interrogate the jurors to

elicit whether they have any prior knowledge of the case and what connections they may

have, if any, with the parties or their attorneys. Inquiries directed to the jurors shall

embrace areas and matters designed to discover the basis for a challenge for cause, to

gain knowledge enabling an intelligent exercise of peremptory challenges and to

ascertain whether the jurors are qualified to serve in the case on trial. The judicial

officer may consult with the attorneys, who may request or suggest other areas of juror

interrogation. To the extent deemed proper, the judicial officer may then supplement or

conclude his or her examination of the jurors.

(b) Proposed Juror Questionnaires: Parties must submit for the judicial

officer’s review and approval any proposed juror questionnaire at least sixty (60) days

prior to the trial date.

(c) Jury Lists: Names of jurors drawn for jury service from the Court’s

qualified jury wheel may be disclosed only in accordance with the Court’s Amended Jury

Plan, approved and made effective February 27, 2009, and as it may be modified. Jury

lists prepared by the Clerk of Court shall be made available to counsel and

unrepresented parties as provided in the Amended Jury Plan.

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