Can a plaintiff use a peremptory challenge to exclude a prospective jury from a civil case on the basis of race or other group bias?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Unzueta v. Akopyan, 254 Cal.Rptr.3d 850, 42 Cal.App.5th 199 (Cal. App. 2019):
The prohibition against the exercise of peremptory challenges to exclude prospective jurors on the basis of race or other group bias applies to civil as well as criminal cases. ( Di Donato v. Santini (1991) 232 Cal.App.3d 721, 731, 283 Cal.Rptr. 751 ["a party to a civil lawsuit may not use peremptory challenges to exclude women from the jury panel on the basis of their gender"]; accord,
[254 Cal.Rptr.3d 862]
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