United States v. Willie Hicks
- Scheduled
- Argued (current)
- Opinion Issued
Whether district court erred in allowing Hicks to represent himself at trial; whether sufficient evidence supports Mendozas wire fraud conviction; other issues.
Panel
Citation
Arguing Counsel
Panel That Day
1 of 3 cases argued March 20, 2026 before this panel have been decided.
2 opinions remain pending on this panel day. With 1 already authored by Judge Niemeyer, the remaining opinions are most likely from Judge Thacker and Judge Harris.
1 of the 3 opinions from this panel has been decided. Decided opinions have been authored by Judge Niemeyer.
This is a statistical guess based on prior sittings in this dataset, not a prediction of the ruling.
Predicted Opinion Release
Likely between November 4, 2026 and August 2, 2027, with December 18, 2026 the most likely date.
Argued 222 days ago. About 93% of comparable cases would have an opinion by now — this one is trending late.
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 →