Ringhofer v. Ridge

¶1 — Washington state superior courts are required by statute to preliminarily determine the statutory qualification of persons summoned for jury service. Accordingly, as part of its juror summons mailing, King County Superior Court requests that persons summoned indicate whether they are disqualified from jury service based upon one or more of the statutory disqualification *320factors. A person who indicates that he or she does not meet the statutory qualifications is excused from appearing in response to the summons.

¶2 Martin Ringhofer sought from the superior court access to this juror…