Can a potential juror in a civil case be struck for bias or partiality?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Ojeda, 52 F.3d 335 (9th Cir. 1995):

During the court's voir dire of the potential juror in Ojeda's trial, the court asked the juror if her personal experience would influence her in any way in sitting as a juror; the juror answered, "I don't think so." The court then asked if she could "set that personal experience aside and view this case on the evidence ... receive[d] in the trial." The juror answered, "I believe I could, yes." Later the court asked the juror if she "could be completely fair and impartial if seated as a juror in the case." The juror definitively answered, "Yes, I do." The district court's voire dire of the potential juror was "reasonably sufficient to test the juror for bias or partiality." United States v. Baldwin, 607 F.2d 1295, 1297 (9th Cir.1979). The district court did not abuse its discretion or commit manifest error in refusing to strike the juror for cause.

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