Read the following excerpt from a US court opinion:
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claim until forced to surrender by the legal artillery of his adversaries. Mr. deLone also argues that the Third Circuit decision in Dykes did not quite render his ease frivolous because he immediately sought review of the decision from the United States Supreme Court. Again, Mr. de-Lone is mistaken in his view of the law. At the time that the Third Circuit’s decision in Dykes was announced, it became the law of the Circuit, and Mr. deLone was bound by its terms unless and until it was overturned by the Supreme Court. Allegheny General Hospital v. National Labor Relations Board, 608 F.2d 965 (3d Cir.1979)(stating that Third Circuit decisions are binding on “all inferior courts and litigants in the Third Judicial Circuit”); Critical Mass Energy Project v. NRC, 975 F.2d 871 (D.C.Cir.1992). In the absence of a stay, seeking
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What is the most suitable continuation to the opinion? Your options are:
A. holding that we must follow a prior binding precedent unless and until it is overruled by this court en banc or by the supreme court quotation marks omitted
B. recognizing that a later en banc court may overrule an earlier en banc opinion
C. holding that circuit court decisions bind circuit unless and until overturned by the court en banc or by higher authority
D. holding ajbsent en banc reconsideration we are bound by prior decisions of this circuit
E. holding that decision of this court unless or until overturned by this court en banc the  federal circuit or the supreme court is a decision of the court on the date it is issued any rulings interpretations or conclusions of law contained in such a decision are authoritative and binding as of the date the decision is issued and are to be considered and when applicable are to be followed by va agencies of original jurisdiction the board and the secretary in adjudicating and resolving claims
Reply with [A, B, C, D, E] only.