1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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IN RE: DELEGATION OF JURY-
4 SERVICE REPORTING-DATE
POSTPONEMENT DECISION TO SECOND AMENDED TEMPORARY
5 GENERAL ORDER 2020-10
CLERK’S OFFICE
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This order amends and replaces Amended General Order 2020-10, dated
8 September 10, 2020.
9 Whereas the Jury Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1865(a) and 1866(c), allows the Clerk of Court,
10 under supervision of the Court, to postpone the reporting date for any person summoned
11 for jury service upon a showing of undue hardship or extreme inconvenience if the Court’s
12 jury selection plan so authorizes; and
13 Whereas Section 3.04(c)(2) of the Plan for the Random Selection of Grand and Petit
14 Jurors for the District Court of Nevada, as Amended on January 25, 2017, (“the Jury
15 Plan”) authorizes the Clerk of Court, or any other person authorized by the Chief Judge
16 to assist the Clerk in the performance of duties under the Jury Plan, to temporarily
17 excuse—i.e., postpone the reporting date for—any qualified juror showing undue
18 hardship or extreme inconvenience; and
19 To further clarify what constitutes undue hardship or extreme convenience under
20 § 3.04(c)(2) of the Jury Plan, it is therefore ordered that, until further notice, the Court
21 delegates to the Clerk of Court, as defined in Section 1.03 of the Jury Plan, and
22 specifically to the Court’s jury-services personnel, the authority to grant a temporary
23 excuse to (i.e., postpone the jury-service reporting date to another reasonable date within
24 the wheel for) any qualified juror based on any one or more of the reasons below, each
25 of which the Court deems to be an undue hardship or extreme inconvenience:
26 1. Illness (including having any COVID-19-related symptoms, or having tested
27 positive for COVID-19, within the 14 days before reporting date);
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1 2. Known or suspected exposure within 14 days before reporting date to
2 someone who has tested positive for COVID-19;
3 3. Inability to obtain substitute care for child or adult relative requiring care on
4 the reporting date;
5 4. Has a medical or other appointment, or vacation or other trip, on the reporting
6 date, which was scheduled before receipt of the juror summons;
7 5. Is undergoing or recovering from medical treatment;
8 6. Is a student or teacher who would miss class or other school-related
9 obligations if reporting to appear at the scheduled time, and postponement of
10 service to a scheduled break will eliminate that conflict;
11 7. Is scheduled for temporary work out of state;
12 8. Lives in Nevada only part-time and will not be living at Nevada residence on
13 the reporting date;
14 9. Owns a business, will suffer a specific hardship if required to appear on the
15 reporting date, and can provide a substitute date in the near future that will
16 be less problematic;
17 10. Is employed in a seasonal job, will have to miss that temporary work, and
18 postponement of service to a different season will eliminate that conflict;
19 11. Recently started a new job and is in the probationary period;
20 12. Is unable to drive at night, and postponement of service to the summer
21 months will permit juror to avoid night driving; or
22 13. On the reporting date, the summoned juror is experiencing one of the
23 following situations, and that situation is temporary because it is expected to
24 last 30 days or less:
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1 a. A temporary lack of transportation; or
2 b. Another temporary work-related, financial, or personal hardship.
3 DATED THIS 7th Day of December 2021.
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MIRANDA M. DU
7 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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