Is a juror's casual acquaintance with a witness sufficient to establish that the juror is biased?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Garcia v. Sherman, No. 1:13-cv-00448-SKO HC (E.D. Cal. 2016):
In short, a juror's casual acquaintance with a witness is not a sufficient ground to establish that the juror is biased. See Tinsley v. Borg, 895 F.2d 520, 528 (9th Cir. 1990) (citing case law so holding in various sister circuits).
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