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It was about three weeks ago I received a notice in the mail saying I’m in a pool of potential people who might be chosen to serve as a juror in U.S. District Court in Great Falls and I had to begin checking in on Thursday, June 26, which I did. It said I wasn’t picked yet, meaning I had to keep checking in every Thursday on July 3-10-17-24-31. About a week later I received from the Clerk of District Court in Scobey a “questionnaire as to qualification for jury service” in Daniels County.

I checked the UNDUE HARDSHIP box on the local paperwork writing: “Could possibly be a juror in U.S. District Court in Great Falls, Montana at the same time as in Daniels County, starting Thursday, June 26, 2025.”

Below that the local paperwork stated: If you know you will be gone for a specific period of time, please list it here, to which I wrote: “I could ve...