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Article IV (Jury Commissioner; Rules 4.1 and 4.2): a continuing delegation to the Jury Commissioner to draw and summon trial jury venires under Code of Civil Procedure § 196 (Rule 4.1); and excuses from trial jury service under Code of Civil Procedure §§ 204 and 218 - no categorical exclusions, statutory exemptions only when claimed, deferment preferred to excuse, inconvenience inadequate, requests in writing, and the grounds of undue hardship: no available transportation, travel of more than one and one-half hours, an extreme financial burden, risk to property, a disability or impairment, duties for public safety, and the care of dependents (Rule 4.2).
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ARTICLE IV JURY COMMISSIONER RULE 4.1 ORDER FOR DRAWING OF JURY Whenever the business of the Court shall require the attendance of a trial jury, the Jury Commissioner shall direct that a trial jury venire be drawn and summoned to attend before the Court in such a number and at such a time as shall be appropriate for the conduct of the trials for which juries are required. This rule constitutes a continuing delegation to the Jury Commissioner of the Court's authority pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure § 196. (Adopted, effective January 1, 2002) RULE 4.2 EXCUSES FROM TRIAL JURY SERVICE Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure § 204, the Jury Commissioner is empowered to grant excuses from trial jury service to such prospective jurors who, in the opinion of the Jury Commissioner, qualify for excuses under Code of Civil Procedure § 218. In exercising the authority herein conferred, the Jury Commissioner will apply the following principles: (a) Categorical Exclusions. No class or category of persons will be automatically excluded from jury duty except as provided by law. (b) Statutory Exemptions. A statutory exemption from jury service will be granted only when the eligible person claims it. (c) Deferment Preferred to Exclusion. Deferring jury service will be preferred to excusing a prospective juror for a temporary or marginal hardship. (d) Inconvenience Inadequate Ground. Inconvenience to a prospective juror or an employer is not an adequate reason to be excused from jury duty, although it may be considered a ground for deferral. (e) Request to Be Excused. All requests to be excused from jury service that are granted for undue hardship will be in writing from the prospective juror, or reduced to writing, and placed on the Court's record. The prospective juror will support the request with facts specifying the hardship and a statement why the circumstances constituting the undue hardship cannot be avoided by deferring the prospective juror's service. (f) Grounds Constituting Undue Hardship. An excuse on the ground of undue hardship may be granted for any of the following reasons: (1) The prospective juror has no reasonably available means of public or private transportation to the court. (2) The prospective juror must travel more than one and one-half hours from the prospective juror's home to the court. (3) The prospective juror will bear an extreme financial burden. In determining whether to excuse the prospective juror, consideration should be given to: a. the sources of the prospective juror's household income; b. the availability and extent of income reimbursement; c. the expected length of service; and, d. whether service can reasonably be expected to compromise that person’s ability to support himself or his or her dependents, or so disrupt the economic stability of any individual as to be against the interests of justice. (4) The prospective juror will bear an undue risk of material injury to or destruction of the prospective juror's property or property entrusted to the prospective juror, where it is not feasible to make alternative arrangements to alleviate the risk. In determining whether to excuse the prospective juror, consideration will be given to: a. the nature of the property; b. the source and duration of the risk; c. the probability that the risk will be realized; d. the reason why alternative arrangements to protect the property cannot be made; and, e. whether material injury to or destruction of the property will so disrupt the economic stability of any individual so as to be against the interests of justice. (5) The prospective juror has a physical or mental disability or impairment, not affecting that person's competence to act as a juror that would expose the potential juror to an undue risk of mental or physical harm. In any individual case, except whether the person is aged 70 years or older, the prospective juror may be required to furnish a verification or a method of verification of the disability or impairment, its probable duration, and the particular reason for the person's inability to serve as a juror. (6) The prospective juror's services are immediately needed for the protection of the public heath and safety, and it is not feasible to make alternative arrangements to relieve the person of these responsibilities during the period of service as a juror without substantially reducing essential public services. (7) The prospective juror has a personal obligation to provide actual and necessary care to another including sick, aged, or inform dependents or a child who requires the prospective juror's personal care and attention, and no comparable substitute care is either available or practical without imposing an undue economic hardship on the prospective juror or person cared for. Where the request to be excused is based on care provided to a sick, disabled, or infirm person, the prospective juror may be required to furnish verification or a method of verification that the person being cared for is in need of regular and personal care. (Adopted, effective January 1, 2002)
ARTICLE IV JURY COMMISSIONER RULE 4.1 ORDER FOR DRAWING OF JURY Whenever the business of the Court shall require the attendance of a trial jury, the Jury Commissioner shall direct that a trial jury venire be drawn and summoned to attend before the Court in such a number and at such a time as shall be appropriate for the conduct of the trials for which juries are required. This rule constitutes a c
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-07 (California T4 Inyo build 2026-10-07) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-inyo/docs/local-rules/inyo-local-rules-court-7-1-2025-final.pdf (2192390 bytes, sha256 a6aa75be2cec1e4f127ddf327214b9c900e83376971d9542c1aaafb652cc7684; 68 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow). The rules (pages 6 to 56) were composed once and cut at each article heading (the book's two title lines and the twelve articles rejoin to the whole): the running header (Local Rules of Court - Inyo County Superior Court (Rev. 7-1-2025)-) and the page numbers removed as chrome; one word struck through in two places (Rule 9.4) taken out as deleted text (the composer's strike_out; custody review/strike-report-2026-10-07.txt); the cover, the table of contents and list of currently effective rules, and Appendix I (the alternative dispute resolution forms) belong to no article card; lines reflowed into the court's paragraphs, each rule heading on its own line; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. Review note: Published as printed (read on the page): Rule 4.2 (f)(5) “except whether the person is aged 70 years or older”, (f)(6) “the public heath and safety” and (f)(7) “sick, aged, or inform dependents”.
Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.