Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California

Re: $1,500 fine for prospective Juror no responding?

Ditto to Mr. Telanoff's response. It says it all.

Re: $1,500 fine for prospective Juror no responding?

The jury summons is a court order and the code applies to court orders. You have to respond.

Re: $1,500 fine for prospective Juror no responding?

First and foremost, regardless of any fine I strongly urge you to respond and join the jury pool.

Our system really does depend on people participating by serving on a jury. The burden to you is not great, and the benefit to society is immense.

Juries impact not just the case for which they serve, their decisions are looked to by lawyers looking to resolve many other cases.

That being said, Code of Civil Procedure section 177.5 allows the Court to impose a fine of up to $1,500 on any person who fails to obey a lawful court order. The juror summons is a lawful court order. The identification of witnesses, parties, and attorney's is a non-exclusive enumeration of persons subject to lawful court orders.

In short, go to jury duty because it's the right thing to do, not just because you could be fined for not showing up.