No. 25-7612October Term 2025Before Arguments
Diana Zuniga Kammunkun, Petitioner v. Department of Defense
from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal 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 Federal Circuit.
Question presented
1. Whether the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of due process permits an agency official to materially revise investigative findings after the investigative process has concluded, direct adverse action based upon those revised findings, and then serve as final adjudicator of the employee's response to those revised findings? 2. Whether an appellate court may affirm rejection of a federal employee's due process claim by resolving a materially different legal question than the constitutional issue actually presented for review?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit / Accepted by the Court
- Area
Administrative Law
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