Estate of Katherine Monica Vickers v. United States
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Panel
Citation
Arguing Counsel
Panel That Day
2 of 3 cases argued January 28, 2026 before this panel have been decided.
Of the panelists who haven't yet been credited with a decided sibling, Chief Judge Diaz has the strongest track record — they wrote at least one opinion in 102 of their 121 prior multi-case days — so they're the best guess for this one.
2 of the 3 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 October 24, 2027, with January 4, 2027 the most likely date.
Argued 273 days ago. About 89% 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 →