United States v. Paul Chance
- Scheduled
- Argued (current)
- Opinion Issued
Whether Chance's sentence for robbery and firearm convictions imposed after a significant upward variance is reasonable; other issues. 15 mins.
Panel
Citation
Arguing Counsel
Panel That Day
3 of 4 cases argued December 5, 2023 before this panel have been decided.
With the 3 decided siblings already credited to Judge Rushing and Judge Richardson, the remaining opinion is most likely Judge Gregory's — they wrote at least one opinion in 92 of their 119 prior multi-case days.
3 of the 4 opinions from this panel have been decided. Decided opinions have been authored by Judge Rushing and Judge Richardson.
This is a statistical guess based on prior sittings in this dataset, not a prediction of the ruling.
Predicted Opinion Release
Likely between November 28, 2026 and April 25, 2030, with June 16, 2027 the most likely date.
Argued 1058 days ago. The case has now outlasted nearly every comparable prior case (99% of mass consumed); a separate writing or a contentious majority is likely in progress.
80% predictive interval from a log-logistic accelerated-failure-time model fit on 2,134 prior decided cases plus 111 currently-pending cases as right-censored evidence. Updates as days pass with no opinion. How this is calculated →