Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Rule 47 — Selecting Jurors

Fed. R. Civ. P. 47
SourceFederal Rules of Civil Procedure
Rule47
TITLE VITRIALS
CitationFed. R. Civ. P. 47

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(a)EXAMINING JURORS. The court may permit the parties or their attorneys to examine prospective jurors or may itself do so. If the court examines the jurors, it must permit the parties or their attorneys to make any further inquiry it considers proper, or must itself ask any of their additional questions it considers proper.
(b)PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES. The court must allow the number of peremptory challenges provided by 28 U.S.C. §1870.
(c)EXCUSING A JUROR. During trial or deliberation, the court may excuse a juror for good cause.

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§ 1870
28 U.S.C. § 1870

Advisory Committee Notes

(As amended Feb. 28, 1966, eff. July 1, 1966; Apr. 30, 1991, eff. Dec. 1, 1991; Apr. 30, 2007, eff. Dec. 1, 2007.)