What happens if a jury demand is not timely?

• A. The right to a jury trial is automatically scheduled.
• B. The motion is denied.
• C. If you fail to demand timely, you waive the right.
• D. A new jury demand must be filed under Rule 11.

Answer: (C)

The right to a jury trial must be timely asserted. In civil cases, a party must serve and file a written jury demand by a specific deadline after the last pleading directed to the issue; if that demand is not timely filed, the right to a jury trial is waived. The case then proceeds as a bench trial before the judge, unless the court grants relief for a late demand in limited circumstances (for example, excusable neglect). This is why the correct understanding is that missing the deadline results in waiver of the jury-trial right. The other options don’t fit because there isn’t automatic scheduling without a timely demand, a late demand isn’t simply “denied,” and Rule 11 governs sanctions, not resetting jury-trial timing.