CONTACTS 

SUBJECTS
Jury Duty
Writing "everything" down
Writing & Linking, Gift of Time, Power of

0705 -    ..
0706 - Summary/Objective
0707 -
070701 - Followed up work at ref SDS 8 line 34, ref SDS 7 line 33.
070702 -
070703 - Appeared and was excused because I was in the jury pool within the
070704 - past 24 months.
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0710 - Visited court                    415 553 9356
0711 -
071101 - Per the summons ref DRT 1 line 12, I reported to:
071102 -
071103 -                     Jury Assembly Room #307
071104 -                     Hall of Justice
071105 -                     850 Bryant Street
071106 -                     San Francisco, CA  94103
071107 -
071108 - Presiding Judge:  Honorable Stuart R. Pollak
071109 -
071110 - Juror ID:       513 24 650                   215
071111 -
071112 - The jury room manager explained procedures for selection from the jury
071113 - room pool and requirements for reporting over the next 2 weeks.  This
071114 - clarified instructions on the printed handout about receiving a color
071115 - and call in time for reporting back to the jury room.
071116 -
071117 - She recommended writing down the Stand-by call-in number:
071118 -
071119 -                          864 3030
071120 -
071121 -    ...and a separate number to call for instructions that bypasses
071122 -    their standard recorded message:
071123 -
071124 -                          553 9396
071125 -
071126 -
071127 - Writing to Remember
071128 -
071129 - She repeated the suggestion to write down supplemental instructions
071130 - because jurors often forget the procedures which can result in court
071131 - sanctions.  She said the Court Administrators keep track of everything
071132 - by writing it down.
071133 -
071134 -
071135 - Jury Duty Every 24 Months
071136 -
071137 - She recommended keeping the Trial Jury Summons, so we have a record to
071138 - cite if we receive another summons within the next 24 months.  In that
071139 - case, we can enter the juror number and appearance date to be excused,
071140 - since citizens are only required to serve every 24 months.
071141 -
071142 -
071143 - Court Administration Error
071144 -
071145 - After getting verbal instructions, I approached the juror receiving
071146 - administrator and pointed out my service last year.  She looked at her
071147 - records on a computer screen and said they did not show I had served
071148 - last year.  I booted up my notebook computer, which I had taken to use
071149 - during waiting periods, and showed where I was empaneled on 950131,
071150 - ref SDS 3 line 39, and was then the first juror chosen, per ref SDS 5
071151 - line 66, and the letter I wrote to judge in the case, ref SDS 7 line
071152 - 35, in the matter of:
071153 -
071154 -                  Valentine v. Baxter, case 943437
071155 -
071156 - The administrator was able to look up my service based on this case
071157 - number.  She said the problem was that somone has transposed my juror
071158 - assignment number from the original summons shown at ref DRP 1 line
071159 - 22.  I explained the advantage of having a variety of ways to organize
071160 - information so it can be accessed for quickly.
071161 -
071162 - I filled out a form and was excused for at least the next year.
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