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The U.S. federal building in Galveston, current home of the Galveston Division. In 2007, criminal charges were filed against Judge Samuel B. Kent, the only District judge in the Galveston Division, who sat at the Federal Courthouse in Galveston, the oldest federal judgeship in the state. [7]
www.txed.uscourts.gov The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (in case citations , E.D. Tex. ) is a federal court in the Fifth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act , which are appealed to the Federal Circuit ).
The Jury Act provides: [1] It is the policy of the United States that all litigants in Federal courts entitled to trial by jury shall have the right to grand and petit juries selected at random from a fair cross section of the community in the district or division wherein the court convenes. It is further the policy of the United States that ...
Active service Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for termination 1 Thomas Howard DuVal: TX: 1813–1880 1857–1880 — — Pierce: death 2 Ezekiel B. Turner: TX: 1825–1888 1880–1888 [Note 1] — — Hayes: death 3 Thomas Sheldon Maxey: TX: 1846–1921 1888–1916 — — Cleveland: retirement 4 DuVal West: TX: 1861–1949 1916 ...
During voir dire, potential jurors are questioned by attorneys and the judge.It has been argued that voir dire is often ineffective at detecting juror bias. [1] Research shows that biographic information in minimal voir dire is not useful for identifying juror bias or predicting verdicts, while attitudinal questions in expanded voir dire can root out bias and predict case outcomes. [2]
Jury duty or jury service is a service as a juror in a legal proceeding. Different countries have different approaches to juries: [ 1 ] variations include the kinds of cases tried before a jury, how many jurors hear a trial, and whether the lay person is involved in a single trial or holds a paid job similar to a judge , but without legal ...
A citizen's right to a trial by jury is a central feature of the United States Constitution. [1] It is considered a fundamental principle of the American legal system. Laws and regulations governing jury selection and conviction/acquittal requirements vary from state to state (and are not available in courts of American Samoa), but the fundamental right itself is mentioned five times in the ...
Active service Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for termination 1 Andrew Phelps McCormick: TX: 1832–1916 1879–1892 — — Hayes: elevation to 5th Cir. 2 John B. Rector: TX: 1837–1898 1892–1898 — — B. Harrison: death 3 Edward Roscoe Meek: TX: 1865–1939 1899 [6] –1935 — 1935–1939 McKinley: death 4 James Clifton ...