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24-4634·CRIMINAL

United States v. Catherine Chollet

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

Whether district court erred in not dismissing indictment for Appointments Clause violation; denying judgment of acquittal based on venue, literal truth defense; other issues.

Argument Date
May 6, 2026
Argument Time
9:30 a.m.
Panel
V
Courtroom
Tweed Courtroom (Room 414-D)
Lower Court Judge
Bell
Associated Cases
24-4635, 24-4636

Panel

Judge Niemeyer
Judge Thacker
Judge Rushing

Citation

CaseUnited States v. Catherine Chollet, No. 24-4634 (4th Cir. argued May 6, 2026)
PanelNiemeyer, Thacker & Rushing, JJ.

Arguing Counsel

Panel That Day

3 of 4 cases argued May 6, 2026 before this panel have been decided.

Authorship Outlook

Among the uncredited panelists, Judge Niemeyer is the best guess, with Judge Rushing a close second.

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 7, 2026 and October 4, 2027, with January 10, 2027 the most likely date.

Argued 175 days ago. About 77% of comparable cases would have an opinion by now — this one is trending late.

■ ■ ■Calibrated from a deep history (438 prior subject cases + 6 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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