23-1526·JURISDICTION
Samuel Orlando v. Donald Smith
Status
- Scheduled
- Argued (current)
- Opinion Issued
Question Presented
Whether this Court has jurisdiction to review 6-month stay entered pursuant to Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971); propriety of abstention.
Argument Date
October 26, 2023
Argument Time
9:30 a.m.
Panel
II
Courtroom
Butzner Courtroom (Room 201)
Lower Court Judge
Urbanski
Panel
Judge Wynn
Judge Harris
Judge Benjamin
Citation
CaseSamuel Orlando v. Donald Smith, No. 23-1526 (4th Cir. argued Oct. 26, 2023)
PanelWynn, Harris & Benjamin, JJ.
Arguing Counsel
Panel That Day
3 of 4 cases argued October 26, 2023 before this panel have been decided.
Decided
Predicted Opinion Release
Likely between November 29, 2026 and June 7, 2030, with June 24, 2027 the most likely date.
Argued 1098 days ago. The case has now outlasted nearly every comparable prior case (100% of mass consumed); a separate writing or a contentious majority is likely in progress.
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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 →