Jury Information

Jury Information

The United States Courts are undergoing an upgrade of their payment processing system affecting federal court payments nationwide.

The payment system will be temporarily unavailable from June 6, 2025, to July 2, 2025.

All juror payments will be delayed up to 2 weeks.

We welcome you as a Juror in the United States District Court

for the Central District of Illinois.

The United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois appreciates your participation in jury service.

Click on the link below to complete your Juror Qualification Questionnaire or Juror Summons Information Form and Questionnaire.

Important Jury Notice

Warning: Bogus Phone Calls on Jury Service May Lead to Fraud

In various parts of the United States, citizens are being targeted by phone calls and threatened with prosecution for failing to comply with jury service in federal or state courts.

In the calls, the threat of a fine for shirking jury service is used to coerce those called into providing confidential data, potentially leading to identity theft and fraud. These calls are not from real court officials.

Federal courts do not require anyone to provide any sensitive information in a telephone call. Most contact between a federal court and a prospective juror will be through the U.S. Mail, and any phone contact by real court officials will not include requests for social security numbers, credit card numbers, or any other sensitive information.

Citizens are also being targeted by emails that ask recipients to provide personal identifiers and then email those back to the originator. While eJuror is a valid national judiciary program, Courts and the eJuror system will never request that personal identification information be sent directly in an email response. Requests by courts to complete a juror qualification questionnaire would be initiated by formal written correspondence and provided instructions for the juror participant to be authenticated over a secure connection. If you feel that you have received an improper phone call or email, please call your local clerk’s office for assistance.

United States District Court

Central District of Illinois

Honorable Sara L. Darrow - Chief Judge | Shig Yasunaga - Clerk of Court

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We welcome you as a Juror in the United States District Court

for the Central District of Illinois.

Click on the link below to complete your Juror Qualification Questionnaire or Juror Summons Information Form and Questionnaire.