(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that, following a hearing on September 20, Judge Ana C. Reyes of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia scheduled a trial date of July 20, 2026, for the $30 million wrongful death suit filed on behalf of the estate and the family of Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed in the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, by then-Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd. Discovery in the lawsuit has also commenced as the Court continues to consider Ashli’s motion to retransfer the lawsuit to California where it was originally filed earlier this year.