(a) Voir Dire Conducted by Court. The court will conduct the voir dire
examination in jury cases. However, nothing in this rule is intended to preclude or
otherwise limit the court from allowing attorneys to conduct voir dire examination
in any manner permitted by Fed. R. Civ. P. 47.
(b) Requests to Cover Particular Subjects and Questions. Parties may file with
the clerk requests for the court to cover particular subjects or to ask particular
questions during voir dire. Requests must be filed at least 24 hours before the trial
starts unless the court orders otherwise.
(c) Requests for Additional Questions after Initial Voir Dire. After the court
completes its initial voir dire, parties may request that the court ask additional
questions that are necessary and could not have been reasonably anticipated before
trial.
