In a frustrating scheduling situation around Jury Duty and hoping to see what others have experienced.
I got summoned for Jury Duty with a summons date at the beginning of next month. I have travel plans at the end of the month (starting ~3.5 weeks after the summons date) but the information on summons said to plan for one day of jury selection or one trial of typically 2 weeks.
This was probably a dumb move on my part but I took that information at face value and responded on the Juror Portal that I would be able to serve, thinking based on the given information that even if I had to be on a case it would be completed before the travel plans posed any conflict.
Today I get a notification that I was assigned to a case (pre-jury selection) and lo and behold the actual trial dates overlap with my travel dates. I followed the instructions given by the bailiff to fill out the provided form about the case and request a deferral in a specific part of the form.
Most of what I looked up about deferral makes it sound fairly straightforward but that focuses on if your request it when you receive your summons. Looking to see if getting a deferral approved at the point where I am is also doable/straightforward or if I should anticipate some annoying changes to my schedule 😞
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