IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT TO GR 15(j)

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ORDER NO. 25700-A-683

The Superior Court Judges' Association recommended the adoption of a proposed amendment to GR 15(j) and the Court considered the proposed amendment and comments submitted thereto. The Court has determined that the amendment will aid in the prompt and orderly administration of justice;

Now, therefore, it is hereby

ORDERED:

(a) That the amendment as attached hereto is adopted.

(b) That the amendment will be published in the Washington Reports and will become effective September 1, 2000.

DATED at Olympia, Washington this 12th day of June 2000.

	Guy, C.J.
Smith, J.	Alexander, J.
Johnson, J.	Sanders, J.
Madsen, J.	Ireland, J.
Talmadge, J.	Bridge, J.

(a) - (i) Unchanged.

(j) Access to Juror Information. Individual juror information, other than name, is presumed to be private. After the conclusion of a jury trial, the attorney for a party, or party pro se, may petition the trial court for access to individual juror information under the control of court. Upon a showing of good cause, the court may permit the petitioner attorney to have access to relevant information. The court may require that the attorney not disclose juror information not be disclosed to other persons.

Reviser's note: The typographical errors in the above material occurred in the copy filed by the State Supreme Court and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.

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