No. 25-7203October Term 2025Before Arguments
Dylann Storm Roof, Petitioner v. United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Case status
- Current stage
- Before Arguments
- Latest event
- Accepted by the Court
- Decision timing
- No window until argument is scheduled.
- What it's about
from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Question presented
Whether the constitutional requirement that a judge appear impartial can be satisfied when a district court improperly seeks to preside over a capital trial and then undertakes its own fact-gathering mission to deny a motion for recusal?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit / Accepted by the Court
- Area
Supreme Court case awaiting argument
Timing
Expected by late June 2026, if argued this term
The Court granted review but has not yet scheduled oral argument. Once argued, the median case reaches a decision in 94 days. Nearly all cases are decided by the end of the term in which they are argued.
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Sep 1, 2026
- Method
- Methodology