No party or their attorney will, personally or through another person, contact, interview, examine or
question any juror or alternate or any relative, friend or associate thereof, except on leave of court
granted upon good cause shown. Further:
A. No juror has any obligation to speak to any person about any case and may refuse all
interviews or comments;
B. No person may contact a juror after such juror has expressed a desire not to be
contacted;
C. No juror or alternate may agree to an interview conducted for the purpose of obtaining
evidence of improprieties in the jury's deliberation.
D. Jurors who consent to be interviewed may not disclose any information with respect
to:
(i) the specific vote of any juror other than the juror being interviewed; or
(ii) the deliberations of the jury.
LOCAL CIVIL RULE 51 - INSTRUCTIONS TO JURY; OBJECTION
