jury duty question

I'm in nassau, about 35 miles away from east islip, where i've been asked to sit on a federal jury case. I'm wondering if I have any grounds to get out of it because I have a daughter who gets picked up from daycare at 3pm daily, and you're required to stay at jury duty until 5pm. I'm at least an hour drive during rush hour, and there's no way I would be able to pick her up in time so I'm getting kinda nervous about it. I've called numerous times with no luck in talking to anyone, and I wrote a letter and haven't heard back. What else can I do?

jury duty question

prob not, they allow very little excuses for getting out, they need people to sit.

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My dh sent a letter stating he was the sole caregiver of DD and even though she is now in school, school ends at 230 and he needs to be home for her. He sent it with a copy of her birth certificate and that was it.
He was excused.
This worked twice so far but this was for suffolk not federal so not sure if it's different

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I was asked to sit in Brooklyn. I was able to get someone on the phones I sent in a letter stating it was insane of me to have to drive 75 miles each way and I would gladly serve in islip. I was excused. 6 months later was summons to serve. I was on standby and it was fine. Im good for 10 years

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thanks everyone- Going to try to call again tomorrow.

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I had Grand Jury in June for 4 weeks. I thought it was going to be awful, but it actually wasn't too bad.

I will say I thought everyone who was summoned was mandated to stay, but they had 5 "extra" people who got to leave. They put everyone's number into a jury pool and picked people at random. Before they did this, they asked if anyone could not serve. One very elderly man said he couldn't serve due to his unreliable health. They let him go.

Unrelated, my schedule said I would need to be available 9-5, 4 days a week. The actual hours were more like 9:30-4 and some weeks we met only 3 days. It really was not as bad as I had anticipated. I was very nervous about missing work since I am a teacher and it was when I was doing review for the Regents.

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Did you read the information on the questionnaire? You can submit paperwork to support that you have to pick up your daughter. DH just got the questionnaire and this information was included. I think I still have it at home if you need it.

jury duty question

On the jury notice it'll say everything you need in order to have this adjourned for years. I did this at the beginning of the year and I know I included a letter stating why I could not attend, a letter from my job showing the hours I worked and a copy of my DS's birth certificate. I don't remember if I included anything else but look at the original notice you received.

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I was the opposite - I live in East Islip and was summoned to Brooklyn. I faxed a letter claiming travel hardship and requested to serve in islip. A week later I got a new summons for islip in the mail - same with 2 week call in until summoned. I think on day 9 or something they finally got around to my number and I went in. Sat there all day and they never got to me and I was dismissed.

i wouldnt necessarily worry yet because they odds are you may not even get picked at all. And if you DO you can also claim your hardship at the actual court - this happened to my husband. he was chosen for grand jury but we literally JUST had a baby and he runs his own business so it became a financial hardship and he was dismissed.