Free Proposed Voir Dire - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

Juror Questionnaire Gant v. Vanderpool, et al. CV03-2077-PHX-EHC
In this case, plaintiff, Robert Gant, is suing Pinal County and the former sheriff for the Pinal County Sheriff's Office, Roger Vanderpool, for violation of his rights to equal protection by discriminating against him on the basis of his race and age, subjecting him to a racially hostile work environment, retaliating against him, and negligently supervising Roger Vanderpool. Before the case can start, a jury must be selected. The judge and the people involved in the case need to know something about you in order to select jurors who can be fair to both sides. The questions asked of potential jurors are designed to help the Court and the lawyers learn something about your background and your views on issues that may be related to this case. The questions are asked not to invade your privacy, but to make sure that you can be a fair and impartial juror. If there is any reason why you might not be able to give both sides a fair trial in this case, it is important that you say so. Everyone has attitudes and opinions that are shaped by their life experiences. Sometimes these experiences can make it difficult to look at a certain issue in an unbiased and unemotional way. As a juror, you must return a verdict based on the law and on the facts proved in court, not on emotion or on other views not supported by the evidence. The Court will give you instructions on the law and on how you should go about deciding the case. You must listen to and follow the Court's instructions. To speed up the jury selection process, we are using individual questionnaires. Your responses on this questionnaire will only be seen by the Court, the attorneys and their assistants and will be kept confidential. Since you have been sworn in, you are under oath in answering these questions, and must answer each question truthfully and to the best of your ability. Please answer all questions in a complete and accurate manner. There are no right or wrong answers; the Court and the attorneys are just interested in learning about your background and true opinions. You may be asked further questions based upon your answers to this written questionnaire, but these questions will be asked in private and all answers will be confidential. Your answers to this questionnaire will be destroyed when this case has been concluded. PLEASE WRITE OR PRINT YOUR ANSWERS AS LEGIBLY AS POSSIBLE USING BLUE OR BLACK INK. Do not write on the back of any page. You may

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This trial is expected to last for two weeks. Can you serve as a juror for this length of time? Do you want to serve as a juror? Where do you live? How long have you lived at your current address? How far did you go in school? (Check the highest level you completed) Less than completion of high school High school graduate Technical or trade school Some college College degree Some graduate study Masters degree Doctorate degree ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________

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What is your current occupation? Who is your current employer? What are your job responsibilities?

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What other jobs have you held in the last five years?

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Have you received a promotion at work in the last three years?

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Do you expect to receive a promotion in the future? Have you ever been denied a promotion that you felt you were entitled to? Do you believe that employer's should be consistent in deciding how they will promote employees? Have you ever been fired by an employer? Have you ever been in a job where you felt you had to put up with bad treatment? Have you, a close friend or relative, ever been retaliated against because you complained about illegal or improper conduct on the job? If so, what was the retaliation?

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Do you think employees should be protected from retaliation when they complain about discrimination? If so, how?

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Is it important to you that your workplace be free of discrimination? Do you think that we need laws that protect employees from retaliation and discrimination? Do you think it is right for an employee to sue their employer for discrimination?

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Do you think that employers should have the right to fire whomever they please for whatever reason?

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Do you believe that juries ever award too much money for persons suing for discrimination? Have you, a close friend or relative, ever had a bad experience of any sort with a person of another race that may affect your ability to be a fair and impartial juror in this case? Do you think that the government has gone too far in protecting the rights of blacks and other minorities? Do you believe that blacks and other minorities complain too much about discrimination? Are you opposed to laws requiring affirmative action on behalf of minorities? Do you believe that less qualified minorities get jobs or promotions only because of affirmative action? Do you think that discrimination on the basis of race, in regard to employment or any other matters, goes on either in Arizona or anywhere in the United States? Do you think that some people use the claim of racial discrimination as an excuse for their own shortcomings? What social, civic, fraternal, or political organizations are you a member of?
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Have you, or a close friend or relative, ever belonged to a social, civic, political, or fraternal organization or club that restricts membership on the basis of race?

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Do you regularly listen to any radio talk program? If so, who is the host of that program? Do you regularly work or socialize with persons of a different race? Have you, or a close friend or relative, ever worked or now work in law enforcement or any other position that supports law enforcement in any way? If so, where did you work and what was your position?

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Have you, or a close friend or relative, ever worked in the military? If so, where did you work and what was your position?

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