Can you believe........

Gonzai · Post by **Gonzai** » Sat May 20, 2006 12:19 pm

I just got a jury summons in the mail today, and its
for July 3rd - right in the middle of AX.

I already
have hotel reservations, plane tickets and everything.

The bottom states, "Automatic exemptions are not
allowed for reasons of inconvience."

Someone please tell me this can be changed.

Ms. Poe · Post by **Ms. Poe** » Sat May 20, 2006 12:26 pm

Call the courthouse...See what you can do. Make sure they know for a fact you can NOT be there, b/c of those tickets and job at the con

!

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Sat May 20, 2006 12:26 pm

I see. I like to chat with my friends.

kawaii-clamp-fan · Post by **kawaii-clamp-fan** » Sat May 20, 2006 12:29 pm

That's so horribly unlucky

*nods* I agree with Poe - give them a ring and see if it can be changed ^^

*crosses fingers for you*

Post by **JWR** » Sat May 20, 2006 12:46 pm

I believe that you can request another date due to the fact you have already business plans that require your being out of state. You may need to provide copies of your plane & hotel resevations. In most cases you can get them to reschedule your jury service.

Gonzai · Post by **Gonzai** » Sat May 20, 2006 12:51 pm

JWR wrote:I believe that you can request another date due to the fact you have already business plans that require your being out of state. You may need to provide copies of your plane & hotel resevations. In most cases you can get them to reschedule your jury service.

Really??

Hugs JWR!!

Arigotu!! I so needed to hear that!!
Thanks everyone else too - I will call the courthouse on Monday,
and go armed with plane tickets and hotel reservations!!!

kymaera · Post by **kymaera** » Sat May 20, 2006 1:37 pm

Check into the rules. For example, I know that the courts out here have a
"no excuse" exemption for jury duty, but it's only like once in every 2-3
years, iirc.

Shampy · Post by **Shampy** » Sat May 20, 2006 1:50 pm

I was summoned for jury duty a couple of months ago and I also had reservations already planned. But I went in anyway and it turned out that the person settled out of court. I got lucky and the judge told us that since we showed up to fill out all the paper work, she would count it as jury duty...so I don't have to worry about it for another 2-3 years now. Maybe you'll get lucky too if you can't reschedule ^_~

blueheaven · Post by **blueheaven** » Sat May 20, 2006 2:19 pm

Best of luck, Pudge. I am looking forward to meeting you at AX, and this would be a lousy reason for you not being able to go. I am sure they will give you a pass.

aernath · Post by **aernath** » Sat May 20, 2006 3:58 pm

*crosses fingers for Pudge to get a change of date on the duty*

We're all hoping you get to go to AX!

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Sat May 20, 2006 3:58 pm

Wasn't that show cancelled?

aernath · Post by **aernath** » Sat May 20, 2006 3:59 pm

We're hoping the Duty gets cancelled!

kymaera · Post by **kymaera** » Sat May 20, 2006 4:14 pm

Just a random thought:

This thread gets a bit more hilarious if you mentally prounounce duty as
"dootie". Good luck getting out of that jury crap

aernath wrote: We're hoping the dootie gets cancelled!

ZombieBunny · Post by **ZombieBunny** » Sat May 20, 2006 4:39 pm

Boy they must be mailing those things out like crazy. I got a summon too. Just a few days ago and I got to be there on May 30...

Good luck hun! Im sure things will work out fine ^~

graymouser · Post by **graymouser** » Sat May 20, 2006 6:57 pm

As has already been said, its very easy to change the date if its for jury duty.

I have done this numerous times because my work schedule is set up to six or more months in advance. I have contracts with these business and they have their own plans, so its not like I can just not show up. I usually just call the courthouse (number is usually on the summons) up and delay it for at least six months so I can schedule work around it.