A federal appeals court has declined to re-hear President Trump's challenge to a $5 million civil judgment after a jury found him liable in 2023 for the battery and defamation of the writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s.

In 2023, a jury in Manhattan federal court found that Trump attacked Carroll in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman department store in the 1990s and later defamed her when he denied her claim.

Trump's request for a hearing before the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit was denied after a three-judge panel refused to overturn the judgment.

The appellate court upheld the jury's damage award, with the denial of an en banc hearing coming without explanation, as is common.

In a concurring opinion, three judges stated that they found no manifest error by the district court that would warrant additional review.

However, in dissent, Judge Steven Menashi, a Trump appointee, argued that the district court should have allowed the defense to present evidence that Trump believed Carroll's lawsuit was politically motivated, and therefore he did not act with malice when he allegedly defamed her.

Responding to the court's decision, Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, expressed satisfaction, stating, "E. Jean Carroll is very pleased with today’s decision. Although President Trump continues to try every possible maneuver to challenge the findings of two separate juries, those efforts have failed. He remains liable for sexual assault and defamation."

Trump is also appealing a separate defamation award of $83 million to Carroll.