L A County East L A Courthouse

Mr. ESQ next court house stop is at the LA County East LA courthouse!
Super clean, super spacious, and ample parking! Can’t complain about that!
This court only manages criminal misdemeanor cases. All of the DA cases are in odd number departments and all the City Attorney cases are in the even number departments. Furthermore, there are plenty of clerk windows; however, come early because the line builds up quick.
Moreover, there are two entrances. In order to avoid the long metal detector lines in the front, go to the back and take the stairs up.
Overall, a really nice court house!
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Jury duty? Let me give you the solid facts before you make a verdict:
Easy access from the 60 Fwy. Parking structure — you’re allowed to park on the bottom level and the top levels, but the 3 – 4 levels in between are for the courthouse employees. If you get there late you have to park behind the structure or up top in the blistering sun — ouch!
The courthouse looks renovated/​new, don’t know which because it was my first time and I was 20 minutes late!
So, I stand in this line to get into the courthouse and there’s a man in front of me with kidney bean color jeans, and I’m thinking, ‘That’s an interesting color, I didn’t know jeans CAME in that color’, THEN I notice the name of the jeans on a little tab on his back pocket — ‘Buckaroo’…BUCKAROO! Isn’t that just AH-​MAZING?!? I swear, I want to know where I can get me some Buckaroo jeans! That’s rich…
Apparently, I was in the traffic violator/​misdemeanor/​non-​juror line, so I was called out to go in right away. The juror room needs an Extreme Home Makeover stat!
— if you’re claustrophobic, you’ll be freaking out;the room’s kinda dreary, but at least there are windows
— they make you watch a DVD with interviews of former jurors and how they just LOVED the entire process, yeah right!
— vending machines are in the hallway, and they don’t have an on site cafeteria
— Coffee Bean, Quizno’s (you get 10% when you show your Juror badge), and other eateries within walking distance
— the library is across the street, and they have free Internet access
— they have the TV on during breaks, and ironically the ‘People’s Court’ was on!
— IF you’re dismissed, you receive a green paper showing that you reported for jury duty, and then you probably won’t get summoned for at least 12 months.
My favorite memories, other than the Buckaroo incident:
— went through the metal detector and beeped, so I lifted up my arms, then I thought — ‘What da heck am I lifting up my arms for?! Like I do this all the time or something, lol… must be all that gangsta rap I listen to.
— when the jury supervisor was taking role call, she called us by last name and then first name: classic ones —
Fong, Q (say this 10 times fast, and it almost sounds like something really bad!)
Dong, Lion (you get my drift?)
This is the one time I wished I was at work, especially ’cause things were going fubar when I checked in on my break, and WHAT a break it was — 10a-1:30p?! Are you kidding me?!
I went to the Montebello Town Center, because it’s the only mall within 5 minutes of the courthouse. Shoe therapy is almost up there with a Swedish massage, mmmm…
3.5 hrs. later, back at the ranch — we get called up to the courtroom for jury selection. I’m Juror #1 — ugh! For the most part, everyone is coherent and meets the minimum requirements of intelligence, lol… BUT, there are some people that flat out can’t understand the questions, or don’t answer them directly, or just have a language barrier.
I thought for sure, they were going to keep me on, but I used THE SECRET, saying over & over in my head ‘Don’t pick me, don’t pick me, don’t pick me’, and eliminate ‘Juror #1, Juror #1 can go, etc.’ I was dismissed at the last minute — WHEW! My husband told me I should’ve used my ‘crazy eyes’ — yeah. that would’ve worked, too, lol.
Overall — if it weren’t for the funny, crazy characters, it would have been torture, but I have to say it was thoroughly amusing!