--- title: German Shepherd Dog Called for Jury Duty In New Jersey description: Unfortunately, she didn't up serving canonical: https://time.com/65072/dog-gets-called-for-jury-duty/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-16T15:45:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:50.740Z og:title: Dog Gets Called For Jury Duty og:description: Unfortunately, she didn't up serving og:url: https://time.com/65072/dog-gets-called-for-jury-duty/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e9c61e89c73ad7f/69868ae8d0b6f239dd303d30/155134444.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: German Shephard og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dog Gets Called For Jury Duty twitter:description: Unfortunately, she didn't up serving twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e9c61e89c73ad7f/69868ae8d0b6f239dd303d30/155134444.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dog Gets Summoned for Jury Duty In New Jersey > Sponsored content. 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Now, there’s a dog out there who can also agree on this, because she too got called in to fulfill her civic duty. Yes, really. Last week, New Jersey’s Cumberland County sent a jury summons to resident IV Griner. But IV Griner is not a person. She’s a German Shepherd. Her owner, Barrett Griner,[ tells CBS Philly](http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/04/14/nj-familys-dog-summoned-for-jury-duty/) that he figured out the mishap quickly, but it was still pretty funny. His full name is Barrett Griner IV, so a computer likely mistook the roman numerals for his first name before the summons was mailed out. So unfortunately, no, the five-year-old pooch will not be serving on a jury. Although that could actually make for a pretty compelling TV series, right? The German Shepherd who turns out to be a very skilled juror and ends up working her way up through the ranks of the local justice system? 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