CA Jury Duty

twoinanddone
Thu, 21 Feb 2019 18:41:54 +0000

They excused her from local jury service, but sent her a summons for federal grand jury service in Los Angeles, 2 hours from her campus (during the school year).

These were two different entities, so ‘they’ didn’t send her a second summons. Federal jury service is different than state, and yes, a federal court can be 10-15 hours away (think Montana or Alaska where your federal district can be a long distance). You cannot just ignore the summons even if you are in college. The court will reimburse you for travel.