C.L.G. v. South Carolina Department of Social Services
- Scheduled
- Argued (current)
- Opinion Issued
Whether district court erred in granting qualified immunity to caseworker on claims related to foster care placement.
Panel
Citation
Arguing Counsel
Panel That Day
1 of 2 cases argued March 18, 2026 before this panel have been decided.
Between the uncredited panelists, Chief Judge Diaz and Judge Richardson are a coin flip — 102 of 121 vs. 98 of 122 prior multi-case days with at least one opinion.
1 of the 2 opinions from this panel has 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 August 31, 2027, with December 26, 2026 the most likely date.
Argued 224 days ago. About 85% 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 →