Voir Dire of Jurors

(a) Voir Dire Conducted by Court. The court will conduct the voir dire examination in jury cases. However, nothing in this rule is intended to preclude or otherwise limit the court from allowing attorneys to conduct voir dire examination in any manner permitted by Fed. R. Civ. P. 47. (b) Requests to Cover Particular Subjects and Questions.

Parties may file with the clerk requests for the court to cover particular subjects or to ask particular questions during voir dire. Requests must be filed at least 24 hours before the trial starts unless the court orders otherwise. (c) Requests for Additional Questions after Initial Voir Dire. After the court completes its initial voir dire, parties may request that the court ask additional questions that are necessary and could not have been reasonably anticipated before trial.

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