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24-4251·CRIMINAL

United States v. Jairo Aguilera Sagastizado

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

Whether the district court reversibly erred when it denied Appellants' motions for a mistrial premised on Government's purported Brady violation; other issues.

Argument Date
March 20, 2026
Argument Time
8:30 a.m.
Panel
III
Courtroom
Blue Courtroom (Room 339)
Lower Court Judge
Brinkema
Associated Cases
24-4252, 24-4273

Panel

Judge Richardson
Judge Quattlebaum
Judge Berner

Citation

CaseUnited States v. Jairo Aguilera Sagastizado, No. 24-4251 (4th Cir. argued Mar. 20, 2026)
PanelRichardson, Quattlebaum & Berner, JJ.

Arguing Counsel

Panel That Day

3 of 4 cases argued March 20, 2026 before this panel have been decided.

Authorship Outlook

Between the uncredited panelists, Judge Quattlebaum and Judge Richardson are a coin flip — 103 of 120 vs. 98 of 122 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 5, 2026 and September 11, 2027, with December 29, 2026 the most likely date.

Argued 222 days ago. About 81% of comparable cases would have an opinion by now — this one is trending late.

■ ■ ■Calibrated from a deep history (438 prior subject cases + 4 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 →

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