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Donald J. Trump v. E. Jean Carroll
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 23-793 · judgment December 30, 2024
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
I. Whether Federal Rule of Evidence 415 overrides Rule 403’s requirement to balance the probative value of temporally remote propensity evidence against its prejudicial effect before such evidence can be admitted? II. Whether Federal Rule of Evidence 413(d) authorizes the admission of temporally remote propensity evidence that the defendant committed the “crime” of “sexual assault” when the alleged prior act did not constitute a crime or a sexual assault? III. Whether Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b)(2) permits the admission of “modus operandi” or “corroboration” evidence of prior “bad acts” without establishing a non-propensity purpose of the evidence, such as identity, absence of mistake, or another enumerated exception in Rule 404(b)(2)?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Michael Charles Martinich-Sauter
James Otis Law Group, LLC
For respondent
Roberta A. Kaplan
Kaplan Martin LLP
Proceedings
- Aug 17 2026Rehearing DENIED.
- Jul 23 2026DISTRIBUTED.
- Jul 08 2026Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Jul 06 2026Petition of President Donald J. Trump for rehearing not accepted for filing. (Corrected PDF to be submitted - July 07, 2026)
- Jun 29 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jun 22 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2026.
- Jun 16 2026Rescheduled.
- Jun 15 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2026.
- Jun 11 2026Letter of June 2, 2026 from counsel for petitioner received.
- Jun 08 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2026.
- Jun 08 2026Rescheduled.
- Jun 02 2026Rescheduled.
- Jun 01 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2026.
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- May 11 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/14/2026.
- May 11 2026Rescheduled.
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- Mar 02 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2026.
- Feb 26 2026Rescheduled.
- Feb 23 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/27/2026.
- Feb 19 2026Rescheduled.
- Jan 28 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Jan 28 2026Reply of petitioner President Donald J. Trump filed. (Distributed)
- Jan 14 2026Brief of respondent E. Jean Carroll in opposition filed.
- Jan 08 2026Brief amicus curiae of David Boyle filed.
- Dec 15 2025Brief amici curiae of Iowa, et al. filed.
- Dec 15 2025Brief amici curiae of Citizens United, et al. filed.
- Dec 15 2025Brief amicus curiae of Article III Project filed.
- Dec 11 2025Brief amicus curiae of America First Legal Foundation filed.
- Nov 18 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 14, 2026.
- Nov 14 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 15, 2025 to January 14, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 10 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 15, 2025)
- Sep 04 2025Application (25A250) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until November 10, 2025.
- Aug 28 2025Application (25A250) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 11, 2025 to November 10, 2025, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.