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25-1570·CIVIL

Timothy Taylor v. US

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

Whether district court erred in dismissing claims alleging abuse of process, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligence/gross negligence for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

Argument Date
May 5, 2026
Argument Time
9:30 a.m.
Panel
II
Courtroom
Butzner Courtroom (Room 201)
Lower Court Judge
Hendricks

Panel

Chief Judge Diaz
Judge Harris
Judge Benjamin

Citation

CaseTimothy Taylor v. US, No. 25-1570 (4th Cir. argued May 5, 2026)
PanelDiaz, C.J., Harris & Benjamin, JJ.

Arguing Counsel

Panel That Day

2 of 4 cases argued May 5, 2026 before this panel have been decided.

Authorship Outlook

2 opinions remain pending on this panel day. The remaining opinions could come from any panelist who hasn't already been credited with a sibling.

2 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 4, 2026 and August 3, 2027, with December 23, 2026 the most likely date.

Argued 176 days ago. About 76% of comparable cases would have an opinion by now — this one is trending late.

■ ■ ■Calibrated from a deep history (560 prior subject cases + 3 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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