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I am beginning to think they could almost turn your daily life happenings into a daily soap series...😀 Just lots going on. In no particular order.... good luck with the Luxembourg show and all the paperwork. Even more luck with the jury duty.... no idea if you can point to a trip already piad for...if that helps.... suspect an anti trump shirt might be better....
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Great that you're taking part in the competition. I don't think they look too favourably if you skip your jury duty. Could you not ask it to be postponed? I know someone who did so but I can't remember why...
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As tinkerfun suggested, you can request a postponement. You take a calculated risk when you ignore a summons for jury duty in general, but more so when you ignore a summons for federal jury duty. My experience has been on the county and state levels, but I wouldn't risk failing to respond to a summons for federal jury duty. Just off the top of my head (without reading the sections of US Code which deal with federal jury duty) : Failure to respond to the summons may merely result in a follow-up summons being sent via Certified Mail. If that summons is ignored the judge can cite you for contempt of court and issue a bench warrant. If you fail to appear to answer the contempt citation, a federal judge has wide latitude in how to handle your case. The judge can order you to be arrested for failure to appear. More likely the judge will not order your immediate arrest. However, the bench warrant will remain active so if you happen to be pulled over for a traffic citation the warrant will be enforced at that point. There is no trial nor is there the presumption of innocence in a case of contempt of court - the determination is at the sole discretion of the judge. The judge may order you to pay a substantial fine and/or order you to be incarcerated for several days and/or order you to complete a term of community service. Though federal judges usually have more important issues to deal with than jury duty scofflaws, it is not unheard of for a federal judge to make an example of someone in order to make other potential jurors think twice about ignoring a summons for jury duty. The possible penalties for ignoring a summons for federal jury duty are mild compared to the possible penalties for lying on a federal jury duty questionnaire. That is considered perjury - which is a felony punishable by several years incarceration in a federal penitentiary. Again, it's unlikely you will be prosecuted (federal prosecutors also tend to have more important crimes to prosecute), but you do run the risk of pissing off a federal judge and/or prosecuter looking to make an example of someone. Is orange still the new black? Enjoy your vacation. I remember now.
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