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Miscellaneous Order ‘97-1 (August 18, 1997; supersedes amended Order ‘96-2): juror identifying information is sealed under Code of Civil Procedure section 237 and rule 33.6; an appellant seeking to unseal it applies first to the trial court under section 237 and, if denied in connection with appellate review of the verdict, may move in the Court of Appeal on a record of the trial court's proceedings on the request.
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MISC. ORDER ‘97-1 THE COURT: This order supersedes amended miscellaneous order ‘96-2. Code of Civil Procedure section 237, subdivision (a)(2), provides: “Upon the recording of a jury’s verdict in a criminal jury proceeding, the court~s record of personal juror identifying information of trial jurors, as defined in Section 194 [of the Code of Civil Procedure], consisting of names, addresses, and telephone numbers, shall be sealed until further order of the court as provided by this section.” Subdivision (a)(3) of section 237 provides: “For purposes of this section, ‘sealed’ or ‘sealing’ means extracting or otherwise removing the personal juror identifying information from the court record.” Rule 33.6, California Rules of Court, implements the statute by requiring that juror identification information be kept under seal in the trial court’s file and that clerk’s and reporter’s transcripts will identify jurors only by numbers. The key to match these numbers to names shall be kept under seal in the trial court’s file. An appellant seeking to unseal the juror identification information shall do so by following the procedure set forth in section 237 of the Code of Civil Procedure, applying to the trial court. If appellant seeks to unseal the information in connection with appellate review of the verdict and the trial court has denied a request to unseal, appellant may seek to unseal the juror identification information by motion in the Court of Appeal, supported by a record of the proceedings on the request denied by the trial court. Dated: August 18, 1997 Gary E. Strankman Administrative Presiding Justice
MISC. ORDER ‘97-1 THE COURT: This order supersedes amended miscellaneous order ‘96-2. Code of Civil Procedure section 237, subdivision (a)(2), provides: “Upon the recording of a jury’s verdict in a criminal jury proceeding, the court~s record of personal juror identifying information of trial jurors, as defined in Section 194 [of the Code of Civil Procedure], consisting of names, addresses, and te
Reviewer note: Transcribed by eye 2026-10-16 (California First Appellate District build 2026-10-16) from BenchPath custody ca/appellate/ca-coa-1/docs/97-1.pdf (57904 bytes, sha256 19b218cce4f478ed9bcd4718e60c2f6a2c872e82d6d48e5628c5e55764e7fd61): a one-page scan; read on the page image rendered at 130 and 300 dpi. Printed as reproduced: “the court~s record” (a tilde where the statute prints an apostrophe). Rule 33.6 is the 1997 numbering. The Local Rules & Orders page lists the order under “Miscellaneous Orders” as “97-1 - Appellants Seeking to Unseal Juror Identification Information”.
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
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