I’m half-tempted to Twitter this, but I think I’ll just keep this as an open post which I’ll update as things happen … or don’t.  I got here at a little after 8 am CT to find that the county was running a little late to get the jury room opened.  We sat in an area that was something less than comfortable, but now that they’ve opened for business, we’re in a relatively plush area with comfortable chairs, power, and high-speed Wi-Fi.  What more can a blogger want?

8:33 am CT: Well, avoiding a quarantine would be nice.  As soon as we got seated, the clerk had to tell one man across from me that his wife called — and his doctor said he’s positive for strep throat.  He gets to go home, and the rest of us get to wonder whether we’ll catch anything from him.

8:40: Looks like a relatively small pool today.  Even though the county has seven groups reporting today, I don’t think we have more than two dozen people in the room at the moment.  The last time I served, I was in Orange County, CA, and we had more than 100 people in the bullpen.  I’d guess that all of us will get voir dired today, if anything is going on.

9:30 – We got the cheery video orientation video, followed by a lengthy explanation of jury service in this particular county.  It looks like we’re headed to a felony trial in a few minutes; they had this trial in mind for our group this morning.  I’d suspect I have an even chance of getting picked, based on the small number of people in our group.  Should be interesting.

9:46 – Just realized that my e-mail isn’t working here.  Hmmm.  I’ll have to use web mail instead.

11:03 – Well, we got onto a panel, and now we’re going home.  Voir dire starts tomorrow.  Other than that, nothing to report.  And probably nothing more for the duration, as we have to start getting tight lipped.