Any party can make a request to have their case heard by a jury either initially when filing your new complaint or via a Motion no later than 14 days after the service of the last document that raised the issue you want a jury to decide. You can file at the Clerk’s Office, electronically or by mail.

As to right to jury trial and jury demand in cases filed in the Civil Actions Branch, a party may demand a jury trial by serving the other parties with a written demand no later than 14 days after the last pleading regarding the issue is served and filing the demand based on Super. Ct. Civ. R. 5 (d). See Super. Ct. Civ.. R. 38. (See Super. Ct. Sm. Cl. R. 6 regarding jury demand in small claims cases.)