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28 U.S.C. § 1868 — Maintenance and inspection of records
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After the master jury wheel is emptied and refilled pursuant to [section 1863(b)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1863/b/4&num=0&edition=prelim), and after all persons selected to serve as jurors before the master wheel was emptied have completed such service, all records and papers compiled and maintained by the jury commission or clerk before the master wheel was emptied shall be preserved in the custody of the clerk for four years or for such longer period as may be ordered by a court, and shall be available for public inspection for the purpose of determining the validity of the selection of any jury.
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After the master jury wheel is emptied and refilled pursuant to [section 1863(b)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1863/b/4&num=0&edition=prelim), and after all persons selected to serve as jurors before the master wheel was emptied have completed such service, all records and papers compiled and maintained by the jury commission or clerk before the master wheel was emptied shall be preserved in the custody of the clerk for four years or for such longer period as may be ordered by a court, and shall be available for public inspection for the purpose of determining the validity of the selection of any jury.
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**(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 draw at random from the qualified jury wheel such number of names of persons as may be required for assignment to grand and petit jury panels. The clerk or jury commission shall post a general notice for public review in the clerk’s office and on the court’s website explaining the process by which names are periodically and randomly drawn. 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 or their duly designated deputies shall issue summonses for the required number of jurors.Each person drawn for jury service may be served personally, or by registered, certified, or first-class mail addressed to such person at his usual residence or business address. If such service is made personally, the summons shall be delivered by the clerk or the jury commission or their duly designated deputies to the marshal who shall make such service. If such service is made by mail, the summons may be served by the marshal or by the clerk, the jury commission or their duly designated deputies, who shall make affidavit of service and shall attach thereto any receipt from the addressee for a registered or certified summons.
**(c)** Except as provided in [section 1865 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1865&num=0&edition
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**(a)** In criminal cases, before the voir dire examination begins, or within seven days after the defendant discovered or could have discovered, by the exercise of diligence, the grounds therefor, whichever is earlier, the defendant may move to dismiss the indictment or stay the proceedings against him on the ground of substantial failure to comply with the provisions of this title in selecting the grand or petit jury.
**(b)** In criminal cases, before the voir dire examination begins, or within seven days after the Attorney General of the United States discovered or could have discovered, by the exercise of diligence, the grounds therefor, whichever is earlier, the Attorney General may move to dismiss the indictment or stay the proceedings on the ground of substantial failure to comply with the provisions of this title in selecting the grand or petit jury.
**(c)** In civil cases, before the voir dire examination begins, or within seven days after the party discovered or could have discovered, by the exercise of diligence, the grounds therefor, whichever is earlier, any party may move to stay the proceedings on the ground of substantial failure to comply with the provisions of this title in selecting the petit jury.
**(d)** Upon motion filed under subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section, containing a sworn statement of facts which, if true, would constitute a substantial failure to comply with the provisions of this title, the moving party shall be entitled to present in support of such motion the testimony of the jury commission or clerk, if available, any relevant records and papers not public or otherwise available used by the jury commissioner or clerk, and any other relevant evidence. If the court determines that there has been a substantial failure to comp
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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 all citizens shall have the opportunity to be considered for service on grand and petit juries in the district courts of the United States, and shall have an obligation to serve as jurors when summoned for that purpose.
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TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
§ 1868
discovered or could have discovered, by the exer-
cise of diligence, the grounds therefor, which-
ever is earlier, any party may move to stay the
proceedings on the ground of substantial failure
to comply with the provisions of this title in se-
lecting the petit jury.
(d) Upon motion filed under subsection (a), (b),
or (c) of this section, containing a sworn state-
ment of facts which, if true, would constitute a
substantial failure to comply with the provi-
sions of this title, the moving party shall be en-
titled to present in support of such motion the
testimony of the jury commission or clerk, if
available, any relevant records and papers not
public or otherwise available used by the jury
commissioner or clerk, and any other relevant
evidence. If the court determines that there has
been a substantial failure to comply with the
provisions of this title in selecting the grand
jury, the court shall stay the proceedings pend-
ing the selection of a grand jury in conformity
with this title or dismiss the indictment, which-
ever is appropriate. If the court determines that
there has been a substantial failure to comply
with the provisions of this title in selecting the
petit jury, the court shall stay the proceedings
pending the selection of a petit jury in con-
formity with this title.
(e) The procedures prescribed by this section
shall be the exclusive means by which a person
accused of a Federal crime, the Attorney Gen-
eral of the United States or a party in a civil
case may challenge any jury on the ground that
such jury was not selected in conformity with
the provisions of this title. Nothing in this sec-
tion shall preclude any person or the United
States from pursuing any other rem
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