No. 25-7623October Term 2025Before Arguments
Docket 25-7623October Term 2025 (2025–2026)
Carlos Demond Robinson, Petitioner v. United States
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.
Case AcceptedUpcoming
Arguments AheadUpcoming
Decision ReleasedUpcoming
- What it's about
from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Question presented
Is the 28 U.S.C. § 2255(h) requirement that “[a] second or successive motion must be certified . . . by a panel of the appropriate court of appeals” a jurisdictional prerequisite or a claims-processing rule?
- 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