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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

M.H., et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 11-cv-02868-JST 

ORDER REGARDING NUMBER OF 

JURORS, JURY QUESTIONNAIRE, 

VOIR DIRE, AND PEREMPTORY 

CHALLENGES

Re: Dkt. Nos. 298, 299, 300, 305

The Court will seat twelve jurors for this case. 

The Court will use the jury questionnaire proposed jointly by the parties, ECF No. 298, but 

without any of the additional questions proposed by the parties individually. ECF Nos. 299, 300. 

The Court will distribute questionnaires and written hardship excusal requests to the 

prospective jurors on February 2, 2015. Counsel will arrange to have copies of the questionnaires 

made for all parties when the questionnaires have been completed. 

Voir dire will take place on February 3, 2015 and will be completed that day. Plaintiffs 

will have up to one hour and 36 minutes to conduct their questioning. Defendants jointly will 

have up to two hours and 24 minutes to conduct their questioning. Defendants may allocate that 

time among themselves as they see fit; if they are unable to agree, then each of the Corizon 

Defendants as a group and the County Defendants as a group will have 57 minutes, and Nurse 

Sancho will have 30 minutes. If the Defendants expect the Court to enforce these time limits as 

between the Defendants (and not just in the aggregate), they must inform the Court before voir 

dire begins. The foregoing time limits are inclusive of all time spent questioning the jury. 

Plaintiffs may exercise up to four peremptory challenges. Defendants jointly may exercise 

up to six peremptory challenges. Defendants may allocate the challenges among themselves; if 

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they are unable to agree on an allocation, they must inform the Court before voir dire begins, and 

the Court will make a specific allocation. 

This order resolves Plaintiff’s Motion In Limine Number Three. ECF No. 305. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 25, 2015

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JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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