28 U.S.C. § 1868 — Maintenance and inspection of records
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 646 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 99 words · no verdicts yet
After the master jury wheel is refilled and earlier-selected jurors finish serving, the clerk must preserve jury-selection records for four years or longer if a court orders. The records must be available for public inspection to assess jury-selection validity.
After the master jury wheel is emptied and refilled under 28 U.S.C. § 1863(b)(4), and after everyone selected before the wheel was emptied has completed service, the clerk must preserve all records and papers that the jury commission or clerk compiled and maintained before the emptying. They must remain in the clerk’s custody for 4 years or longer if a court orders, and must be available for public inspection to determine whether the selection of a jury was valid.
After the master jury wheel is emptied and refilled pursuant to section 1863(b)(4) of this title, and after all persons selected to serve as jurors before the master wheel was emptied have completed such service, all records and papers compiled and maintained by the jury commission or clerk before the master wheel was emptied shall be preserved in the custody of the clerk for four years or for such longer period as may be ordered by a court, and shall be available for public inspection for the purpose of determining the validity of the selection of any jury.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 953; Pub. L. 90–274, § 101, Mar. 27, 1968, 82 Stat. 60.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 953
- 1968Amended · Pub. L. 90-274 · 82 Stat. 60
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 646 on 1948-06-25.
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