Jury Duty Summons
Nov. 2nd, 2025 03:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerA few days ago I got a summons for jury duty. My first thought was, "Another one so soon?" I last had jury duty 2½ years ago. That seems recent by comparison because my last jury duty before that was 10 years earlier, and my last before that was... 24 years earlier! I don't know what the normal frequency of jury duty is. 24 years seemed anomalous... but so does 2.5.
My second thought upon reading the summons postcard was, "Wait, this is Thanksgiving week!" I already have travel plans for that week— and I don't wish to cancel or rearrange them. "It's like they're checking who hates their family," Hawk quipped.
Fortunately the courts allow one free deferral, no justification required. I registered online today and requested to be reassigned a later week.
My second thought upon reading the summons postcard was, "Wait, this is Thanksgiving week!" I already have travel plans for that week— and I don't wish to cancel or rearrange them. "It's like they're checking who hates their family," Hawk quipped.
Fortunately the courts allow one free deferral, no justification required. I registered online today and requested to be reassigned a later week.
