2:54 p.m. 

CENTENNIAL | Another 86 jurors were released in the Aurora theater shooting trial Monday afternoon, bringing the total released so far to more than 1,000.

Among the released jurors Monday were a person who said they were working at University of Colorado Hospital the night of the shootings and saw some of the victims. Another released juror said they knew a victim.

One of the jurors this morning sent a note to the court that said they can’t read and asked to be released. Samour didn’t release the person and said the fact that the prospective juror wrote a note seemed to point out that the person could, in fact, read.

Court is in recess until Tuesday morning.

1:55 p.m.

CENTENNIAL | The judge in the Aurora theater shooting trial released six more jurors Monday afternoon.

The jurors were released for medical, residency or language issues.

Two of the jurors asked to be released but because they didn’t bring enough proof, Judge Carlos Samour Jr. question both of them in court before releasing them. In one case, a man said he had mental health issues and would struggle with being “too friendly” when other jurors came into the room. The man was released after both the prosecution and defense said he should be.

Samour declined to release a woman who brought a note from her pediatrician saying she was currently breast feeding. The woman left a session last week when her infant was sick. The judge said the court could make accommodations for her to breast feed should she be selected.

Another woman became emotional after Samour briefly questioned her and was later released.

Another juror said she had moved to Denver, but was planning to move back to Aurora in April. Samour and prosecutors wanted the woman released, but the defense asked that she stay. The judge said he would review the law surrounding whether a juror who does not live in Arapahoe County but who is planning to move back could serve on a jury.

Among the questions jurors submitted last week was a lengthy one from a juror who said they were wrongly convicted of a crime in Arapahoe County and were currently on parole.

“I do not like this building, Arapahoe County or your system,” the juror wrote in a note Samour read this morning.

The juror asked to be dismissed and said it was a waste of time for them to serve on a jury considering their feelings toward the justice system. They were not released.

11 a.m.

CENTENNIAL | The initial phase of jury selection in the Aurora theater shooting trial will wrap up Feb. 9, four days earlier than planned.

Judge Carlos Samour Jr. said Monday he would trim four days off this first phase, during which jurors report to court and fill out a lengthy questionnaire.

The defense last week said they support the change, but the prosecution objected.

The next phase, which is scheduled to include individual questioning of 12 jurors each day for 16 weeks, will start Feb. 11.

Samour said he thinks the next phase could move faster than expected just as the first phase has.

“I’m optimistic by nature so I am hoping it will not take us 16 weeks,” he said.

Samour released another 53 jurors from service Monday, including one who said last week they regularly work with the police on media relations issues, and one who said they know a person convicted of a crime. That brings the total released over the first ten days of jury selection to more than 900.

Court is in recess until 1:10 p.m.

James Holmes, who is accused of killing 12 and wounding dozens more during the July 2012 shooting rampage at an Aurora movie theater, sat quietly at the defense table during this morning’s session.

CENTENNIAL | The judge in the Aurora theater shooting case is expected to decide Monday whether to cut the initial phase of jury selection short by a few days.

Judge Carlos Samour Jr. said on Friday that he was considering making Feb. 9 the last day of the initial phase instead of Feb. 13.

Prosecutors objected to the change, but the defense supported it.

Samour said Friday he would make a decision Monday, but said he is leaning toward cutting the initial phase short.

The next phase will last 16 weeks and include individual questioning of prospective jurors.

Today marks the 10th day of jury selection and so far, more than 2,000 prospective jurors have reported for duty and almost 900 have been released, including one released Monday morning for a medical issue.

Holmes appeared in court wearing civilian clothes Monday and sat quietly at the defense table. He appeared to be drawing or writing on a notepad at the start of today’s session.