FORT LAUDERDALE PETIT JURY INFORMATION SHEET

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND COMPLETELY

TAPE RECORDERS, COMPUTERS, TV'S, CAMERAS, RADIOS (INCLUDING WALKMAN), KNIVES, ETC. ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THE COURTHOUSE.

JUROR QUALIFICATION QUESTIONNAIRE:

It is mandatory that you complete and return the Juror Qualification Form immediately. If you need assistance, please call 1-800-865-1775 during business hours (8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.). All requests for excusals or postponements must be in writing and received at least ten days before the reporting date. Please do not phone in requests for excusals. IF YOU SUBMIT A WRITTEN REQUEST TO BE EXCUSED NOW, YOU WILL RECEIVE NOTIFICATION BY POST CARD ONE WEEK BEFORE YOUR REPORTING DATE. IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE NOTIFICATION PLEASE CALL DURING BUSINESS HOURS PRIOR TO REPORTING.

TERM OF SERVICE & HOURS:

The U. S. District Court uses a two week standby call in system for jurors. PLEASE CALL THE TELEPHONE NUMBER ON YOUR SUMMONS AFTER 5:30 P. M. ON THE WEEKEND BEFORE YOUR REPORTING DAY AND EVERY NIGHT THEREAFTER FOR TWO WEEKS. Although jury service is for approximately two weeks, you probably will not be asked to report every day. Do not report unless the initial of your last name is called. On each day you are asked to report, unless otherwise instructed by the Jury Clerk or Trial Judge, you will report at the time scheduled on the telephone recording system. It may be necessary to extend your service beyond two weeks. A normal service day begins at 8:00 A. M. & concludes at 5:00 P. M. You will be dismissed each day as soon as all jury needs for that day have been met.

TRANSPORTATION, PARKING AND REIMBURSEMENT:

The pay for jury service is $40.00 per day unless you are a Federal employee and $0.31 per mile.

Parking is available at three locations shown on the map. The first two locations are at the Barnett parking garage and the open parking lot behind the Courthouse on NE 1st Street. The third location is the Downtown Parking Garage at S. E. 2nd Street between S. E. 1st Avenue and S. E. 2nd Avenue. The second and third levels have ten hour meters at 75 an hour. Please bring 30 quarters or seven $1.00 bills and two quarters. You will be reimbursed a flat rate of $7.50 for each day served.

I-95 ROUTE: Exit at Broward Blvd and proceed east. See map for court location.

Service as a juror is not only a civic duty but is one of the key ways in which a citizen may directly participate in the operation of government and help to ensure fairness in the administration of justice. We welcome you as a juror and hope that you will find the experience both interesting and rewarding. (see map of court location)

The Mission of the Clerk's Office for the Southern District of Florida is to be the mechanism for the judges, the bar,

litigants, and the public, to resolve disputes in a just and efficient manner.