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Jury Info

AJIS Automated System for Summons: 1-800-959-9519

AJIS Automated System for Qualification Questionnaire: 1-866-740-7535

Contacts

Kansas City

Lindy Russell, Jury Coordinator
259 Robert J. Dole U.S. Courthouse
500 State Avenue
Kansas City, KS
66101
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Phone: 913-735-2218
Fax: 913-735-2201
Email: kjury@ksd.uscourts.gov

Topeka

Ashley Artzer, Jury Coordinator
490 U.S. Courthouse
444 S.E. Quincy
Topeka, KS 66683
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Phone: 785-338-5418
Fax: 785-338-5401
Email: tjury@ksd.uscourts.gov

Wichita

Marleen Van Ravenswaay, Jury Administrator
204 U.S. Courthouse
401 N. Market
Wichita, KS 67202
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Phone: 316-315-4218
Fax: 316-315-4201
Email: wjury@ksd.uscourts.gov

Parking Fees and Mileage for Jurors

Parking fees and mileage to and from the courthouse will be reimbursed along with your attendance fees. Click here for directions and parking.

    ADA Accommodations

    If you have received a jury summons and you have a disability and need special accommodations, please contact your local jury administrator. Click here to read more about our Services to Persons with Communication Disabilities.

    What is eJuror?

    Potential jurors have the option of submitting their juror qualification questionnaire and summons information on-line through the eJuror system. Jurors can also update personal information on-line. Simply log onto the system using the juror participant number located next to your name and address on the form you received in the mail. Click here to go to eJuror.

    Called to Serve Jury Selection Process

    The Called to Serve film details the jury selection process for the U.S. District Courts. For petit jurors scheduled to report to court on a specific date, we ask that you watch this film before you report for jury service.

    Jury Qualification Process

    Please be advised the U.S. District Court sends out letters and postcards requesting juror qualification information to randomly selected registered voters in Kansas. Collecting this information is the first step of a process undertaken every two years to develop a pool of qualified jurors who could be called for federal jury service. The letter and postcard directs recipients to www.ksd.uscourts.gov/eJUROR to answer a short series of questions and provides the phone number 866-740-7535 to call with any questions or concerns. The only personally identifiable information the court requests from you is a participant number, which is provided on the court's mailing you received, and your date of birth. The court will not ask for your Social Security number, credit card or bank account information, or any other sensitive information. If you are uncomfortable providing information electronically through the secure website, or you do not have access to a computer, it is not necessary to contact the court. A jury questionnaire form will automatically be mailed to those who do not respond via eJUROR. If you are still concerned about the legitimacy of any information being requested of you, please contact the jury department at ejuror@ksd.uscourts.gov or 866-740-7535.

    Jury Summons

    Every month a number of jurors are selected from the qualified wheel and sent jury summons. The jury information form may be completed and returned by mail or completed on-line at eJuror. The District of Kansas covers the entire state of Kansas so your summons will tell you which division you would report to, Kansas City, Topeka or Wichita.

    Random Selection of Grand and Petit Jurors

    Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1861, all litigants "have the right to grand and petit jurors selected at random from a fair cross section of the community." The court uses a two-step process to select jurors. First, a master jury wheel is created by selecting names at random from the official list of registered voters. Then, names are randomly drawn periodically from the master jury wheel to receive juror qualification questionnaires. Individuals' answers to these questionnaires determine whether they are legally qualified to serve. If so, the names of those persons are put in a second or qualified wheel. As prospective jurors are needed for a specific trial or grand jury, jurors summonses are sent to persons randomly selected from the qualified wheel. All of these selections are carried out through a properly programmed electronic data processing system for pure randomized selection. The pure randomized process ensures that the mathematical odds of any single name being picked are substantially equal. Please see D.Kan.Rule 38.1, Random Selection of Grand and Petit Jurors, for additional information.