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PUBLIC LAW 90-274-MAR. 27, 1968

[82 STAT.

"§ 1865. Qualifications for jury service "(a) The chief judge of the district court, or such other district court judge as the plan maj provide, on his initiative or upon recommendation of the clerk or jury commission, shall determine solely on the basis of information provided on the juror qualification form and other competent evidence whether a person is unqualified for, or exempt, or to be excused from jury service. The clerk shall enter such determination in the space provided on the juror qualification form and the alphabetical list of names drawn from the master jury wheel. If a person did not appear in response to a summons, such fact shall be noted on said list. "(b) In making such determination the chief judge of the district court, or such other district court judge as the plan may provide, shall deem any person qualified to serve on grand and petit juries in the district court unless he^"(1) is not a citizen of the United States twenty-one years old who has resided for a period of one year within the judicial district; "(2) is unable to read, write, and understand the English language with a degree of proficiency sufficient to fill out satisfactorily the juror qualification form; " (3) IS unable to speak the English language; "(4) is incapable, by reason of mental or physical infirmity, to render satisfactory jury service; or "(5) has a charge pending against him for the commission of, or has been convicted in a State or Federal court of record of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for more than one year and his civil rights have not been restored by pardon or amnesty. '*§ 1866. Selection and summoning of jury panels "(a) The jury commission, or in the absence thereof the clerk, shall maintain a qualified jury wheel and shall place in such wheel names of all persons drawn from the master jury wheel who are determined to be qualified as jurors and not exempt or excused pursuant to the district court plan. From time to time, the jury commission or the clerk shall publicly draw at random from the qualified jury wheel such number of names of persons as^nay be required for assignment to grand and petit jury panels. The jury commission or the clerk shall prepare a separate list of names of persons assigned to each grand and petit jury panel. "(b) When the court orders a grand or petit jury to be drawn the clerk or jury commission shall issue summonses for the required number of jurors and deliver them to the marshal for service. "Each person drawn for jury service may be served personally or by registered or certified mail addressed to such person at his usual residence or business address. "Such service shall be made by the marshal who shall attach to his return the addressee's receipt for the registered or certified summons where service is made by mail. "(c) Except as provided in section 1865 of this title or in any jury selection plan provision adopted pursuant to paragraph (5), (6), or (7) of section 1868(b) of this title, no person or class of persons ^ a l l be disqualified, excluded, excused, or exempt from service as jurors: Provided, That any person summoned for jury service may oe (1) excused by the court, upon a showing of undue hardship or extreme inconvenience, for such period as the court deems necessary^ at the conclusion of which such person shall be summoned again for ]ui^ service under subsections (b) and (c) of this section, or (2) excluded by the

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