SELECTION OF JURORS
U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
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(a) Examination of Jurors When impaneling a jury, the presiding Judge will ordinarily conduct the examination of the prospective jurors. Prior to the examination, counsel shall file proposed voir dire questions for submission either to the jury panel as a group or to individual members of the panel. At the close of the Judge’s examination, counsel will be given a reasonable opportunity to supplement the examination by putting questions to the panel or individual panel members as the Judge in his or her discretion deems proper, or by submitting additional voir dire questions to the Judge. (b) Peremptory Challenges Unless otherwise ordered by the presiding Judge, counsel shall exercise their peremptory challenges out of the hearing of the jury.
(For number of challenges allowed, see 28 U.S.C. § 1870 and Rule 47(b), Fed.R.Civ.P.).