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24-1315·SOCIAL SECURITY

Brandy Calhoun v. Commissioner of Social Security

Status
  1. Scheduled
  2. Argued (current)
  3. Opinion Issued
Question Presented

Whether the ALJ's residual functional capacity assessment is adequately explained and supported by substantial evidence; other issues.

Argument Date
January 28, 2026
Argument Time
9:30 a.m.
Panel
III
Courtroom
Blue Courtroom (Room 339)
Lower Court Judge
Mullen

Panel

Judge Gregory
Judge Harris
Judge Richardson

Citation

CaseBrandy Calhoun v. Commissioner of Social Security, No. 24-1315 (4th Cir. argued Jan. 28, 2026)
PanelGregory, Harris & Richardson, JJ.

Arguing Counsel

Samuel Furgiuele Jr.
per CA4 audio archive
Maija DiDomenico
per CA4 audio archive

Panel That Day

3 of 4 cases argued January 28, 2026 before this panel have been decided.

Authorship Outlook

Between the uncredited panelists, Judge Richardson and Judge Gregory are a coin flip — 98 of 122 vs. 92 of 119 prior multi-case days with at least one opinion.

3 of the 4 opinions from this panel have been decided.

This is a statistical guess based on prior sittings in this dataset, not a prediction of the ruling.

Predicted Opinion Release

Likely between November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2027, with January 6, 2027 the most likely date.

Argued 273 days ago. About 87% of comparable cases would have an opinion by now — this one is trending late.

■ ■ ■Calibrated from a deep history (20 prior subject cases + 8 prior panel cases)

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 →