33 U.S.C. § 394 — Challenge to jurors

This section applies to jury trials in "summary cases" — minor cases handled through a simplified process. Both the United States and the accused person get three peremptory challenges each, meaning each side can remove up to three potential jurors without giving a reason. Separately, "challenges for cause" — objecting to a juror for a specific reason, like bias — are decided by the judge alone. Some court systems use a separate panel of "triers" to decide these challenges; this section says that will not happen here.