Federal Appeals Court Declines to Reconsider E. Jean Carroll Defamation Case

This is the latest development in a legal saga surrounding writer E. Jean Carroll’s historic allegation of sexual assault, which Trump denies.

(Left) President Donald Trump speaks during a Republican Party meeting in Montgomery, Ala., on Aug. 4, 2023. (Julie Bennett/Getty Images); (Right) E. Jean Carroll leaves the Manhattan Federal Court in New York on May 8, 2023. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

A federal appeals court said on April 29 it would not grant a special meeting of its judges to hear an appeal by President Donald Trump against a verdict that ordered him to pay $83 million for defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll.

The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it would not hold an en banc (on the bench) hearing, in which the entire membership of the court would be expected to participate.