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24-2050·CIVIL

Carrisa Thompson v. Pete Hegseth

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

Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of defendants.

Argument Date
January 28, 2026
Argument Time
9:30 a.m.
Panel
V
Courtroom
Tweed Courtroom (Room 414-D)
Lower Court Judge
Chasanow

Panel

Judge Quattlebaum
Judge Rushing
Judge Benjamin

Citation

CaseCarrisa Thompson v. Pete Hegseth, No. 24-2050 (4th Cir. argued Jan. 28, 2026)
PanelQuattlebaum, Rushing & Benjamin, JJ.

Arguing Counsel

Brian Kulp
per CA4 audio archive
Rebecca Koch
per CA4 audio archive

Predicted Opinion Release

Likely between November 10, 2026 and January 12, 2028, with January 27, 2027 the most likely date.

Argued 273 days ago. About 75% of comparable cases would have an opinion by now — this one is trending late.

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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 →