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26-1545·MANDAMUS

In re: US

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

Petition seeking writ of mandamus directing the district court to vacate defendant's partial guilty plea.

Argument Date
September 16, 2026
Argument Time
9:30 a.m.
Panel
V
Courtroom
Tweed Courtroom (Room 414-D)

Panel

Chief Judge Diaz
Judge Niemeyer
Judge Benjamin

Citation

CaseIn re: US, No. 26-1545 (4th Cir. argued Sept. 16, 2026)
PanelDiaz, C.J., Niemeyer & Benjamin, JJ.

Arguing Counsel

Panel That Day

2 of 4 cases argued September 16, 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 11, 2026 and July 9, 2027, with January 3, 2027 the most likely date.

Argued 42 days ago. Comparable cases at this stage almost always still pending — there's no useful tightening yet.

■ ■ □Calibrated (2 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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