(d) Paysheets for court-appointed counsel in civil cases are due within 30 days of any hearing and within 30 days of trial. Paysheets for court-appointed.It protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts with civil cases where the claim exceeds a certain dollar value. If you plead not guilty, you must do so before the judge, and the Court will schedule a pretrial hearing and jury trial. The Seventh Amendment guarantees a jury trial in civil cases at law in federal court. (a) A district court shall sit in the county seat for a jury trial in a civil case. Right to a jury trial; demand. 39. And civil settings in the afternoon. So right away there was a large group of important civil cases that was not subject to jury trial. The Sixth Amendment ceases to apply when the criminal case in the trial court ends.