Pursuant to the Amended Jury Plan agreed to and entered on February 27, 2009,
grand jurors are empaneled in each of the four active points of holding court within the
district (i.e., Clarksburg, Elkins, Martinsburg and Wheeling). The jurors drawn from
those counties assigned to the four active points of holding court typically review
evidence to determine whether to issue indictments for crimes allegedly committed in
their respective counties.
Occasionally, due to issues that may arise and affect the statute of limitations, the
Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161, et seq., criminal complaints and other matters, it
may be necessary for the United States Attorney to present matters to a grand jury in
one point of holding court that arose from another point of holding court.
