Federal appellate daily recap for Friday, June 26, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:53 David Chen
3. 0:55 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 2:25 David Chen
5. 2:28 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 4:49 David Chen
7. 4:53 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 6:30 David Chen
9. 6:32 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 8:07 David Chen
11. 8:11 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 9:52 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Friday June twenty-six two thousand twenty-six. Visit do it for the case law dot com to listen to more in-depth, per-case reporting. Today’s docket features fifty-seven federal appellate decisions spanning eleven circuits. We begin with criminal justice coverage including drug trafficking, firearms violations, and supervised release issues. Aisha Johnson brings us civil rights…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Eighteen cases in today’s criminal justice docket: seven affirmed, two dismissed, three denied, one reversed, one vacated, and four split outcomes or other dispositions. We begin with the First Circuit, where the court affirmed a forty-eight-month sentence for machinegun possession, finding the variance from guidelines reasonable based on multiple factors including the quantity of firearms and…

Thanks, James. Let’s turn to Aisha for the civil rights roundup.

Thanks, David. I have eight cases from today’s docket covering the Sixth Circuit, the Ninth Circuit, and the District of Columbia Circuit. The disposition rollup shows one reversal, five affirmances, one dismissal, and one denial. Starting with the Sixth Circuit, we begin with a reversal in Cole versus Ashtabula County. The court reversed the district court’s grant of summary judgment on Section nineteen…

Thanks, Aisha. Now to Michael for the day’s constitutional and habeas developments.

Thanks, David. Eight cases landed on my desk today across five circuits. The disposition rollup shows one reversal and remand, two dismissals, three affirmances, and two denials. We start with the Eleventh Circuit’s significant reversal in Pace against the Georgia Department of Corrections. Three death row prisoners successfully sued to challenge execution procedures, establishing they have standing to sue under…

Thanks, Michael. Now Maria has the business and civil docket.

Thanks, David. Ten cases land on the desk today: one reversal and remand, two dismissals for lack of jurisdiction or untimely filing, five affirmances, and two other dispositions including a grant of review. Starting with the Tenth Circuit, the court affirmed in Mitchell versus Haa, dismissing Tonya Mitchell’s land ownership suit for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction because she failed to establish either federal…

Thanks, Maria. Let’s turn to Raj covering immigration and government.

Thanks, David. Thirteen cases in this block: one remand, one reversal, one affirmation, and ten denials or dismissals. We start with the Tenth Circuit where the court remanded a Western Watersheds Project challenge to the Forest Service, finding the district court’s order lacked finality because it returned the matter to the agency without vacatur. The court rejected the practical finality exception, holding that…

That wraps up Do It For The Case Law for Friday, June twenty-six, two thousand twenty-six. A massive day of opinions covering eighty-seven cases across the federal appellate courts. Thank you to James Taylor for leading our criminal justice coverage with eighteen cases, Aisha Johnson for handling eight civil rights matters, Michael Reeves for breaking down eight constitutional and habeas corpus decisions, Maria…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Thursday, June 25, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:56 David Chen
3. 0:58 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 2:52 David Chen
5. 2:54 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 4:47 David Chen
7. 4:51 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 5:48 David Chen
9. 5:51 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 7:37 David Chen
11. 7:41 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 9:17 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Thursday, June twenty-fifth, two thousand twenty-six. Visit do it for the case law dot com to listen to more in-depth, per-case reporting. Today’s docket features sixty-two federal appellate opinions across ten circuits. Our coverage includes criminal justice matters such as drug trafficking, firearms, fraud, and supervised release handled by James Taylor. Aisha Johnson reports…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Twelve cases from the Tenth, Eleventh, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits. We have one vacatur with remand, two dismissals, one dismissal as moot, two Anders dismissals, and eight affirmances. Starting with movements, the Eleventh Circuit granted a joint motion for summary reversal in Stovall, vacating the sentence because the government failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that…

Thanks, James. Aisha has the civil rights coverage.

Thanks, David. I have thirteen civil rights cases to cover today. The disposition rollup is seven affirmances, two dismissals, one denial, and three reversals or remands. Let’s start with the split outcomes and reversals. In the Eleventh Circuit, a panel affirmed in part and vacated in part regarding a Daytona Beach panhandling ordinance, holding that seven specific provisions violate the First Amendment as…

Thanks, Aisha. Now for constitutional law and habeas corpus with Michael.

Thanks, David. Five cases in today’s constitutional law block: three dismissals or denials, one affirmance, and one reversal. Starting with the Tenth Circuit, the court denied a certificate of appealability to Kenneth Tibbetts in his Section twenty-two fifty-four habeas petition, ruling he failed to show jurists of reason would debate the district court’s denial. Similarly, Delmart Vreeland’s appeal was dismissed as…

Thanks, Michael. Now to Maria for the business and civil docket.

Thanks, David. We have fourteen cases today across six circuits. The disposition rollup shows seven affirmances, four dismissals, two denials, and one split outcome with a reversal on the fee award. Let’s start with the Ninth Circuit where we see the most movement. In Torres Hernandez versus Su, the court affirmed that the government was not substantially justified under the Equal Access to Justice Act regarding…

Thanks, Maria. Now for immigration and government news, I’ll turn to Raj.

Thanks, David. I have eighteen immigration and government cases to cover from the Sixth, Ninth, and Federal Circuits. The docket shows one reversal, three dismissals, fourteen denials, and two affirmances. The major development comes from the Ninth Circuit in Ibarra-Perez versus the United States, where the court reversed a lower ruling on a Federal Tort Claims Act suit. The panel held that the government’s…

That brings us to the end of Do It For The Case Law for Thursday, June twenty-fifth, two thousand twenty-six. A huge thank you to our reporting team: James Taylor, Aisha Johnson, Michael Reeves, Maria Santos, and Raj Patel. Today’s docket saw four reversals or remands, which often signal significant legal shifts or errors below. The vast majority of cases were affirmed, with twenty-eight decisions standing as…

Do It For The Case Law is a legal news and research publication. This episode is not legal advice.

Federal appellate daily recap for Wednesday, June 24, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 1:07 David Chen
3. 1:09 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 2:27 David Chen
5. 2:31 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 5:22 David Chen
7. 5:26 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 7:13 David Chen
9. 7:17 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 8:21 David Chen
11. 8:24 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 9:56 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Wednesday June twenty-fourth two thousand twenty-six. Visit do it for the case law dot com to listen to more in-depth, per-case reporting. Today’s docket features eighty-eight federal appellate cases across nine circuits. We begin with criminal justice coverage including drug trafficking, firearms, sentencing guidelines, and compassionate release appeals. Aisha Johnson covers…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Twenty-seven cases in this block: ten affirmed, eight dismissed, one vacated and remanded, and eight denied or otherwise resolved. We start with the Eleventh Circuit where the court vacated Maggie Moore’s sentence and sent it back for resentencing because the district court failed to justify a term twice as high as the advisory guidelines range without connecting it to specific facts. The same circuit…

Thanks, James. Now for civil rights and employment law, Aisha has the rundown.

Thanks, David. Today I am covering seventeen civil rights and employment cases across six circuits. The disposition rollup shows two reversals or remands, one split outcome, thirteen affirmances, one denial, and one other resolution. Starting with the Eleventh Circuit, the court reversed and remanded a trademark dispute between US All Star Federation and Open Cheer, finding genuine disputes over whether the marks…

Thanks, Aisha. Michael has the latest on Supreme Court and constitutional law.

Thanks, David. We have ten cases today from the Eleventh and Fourth Circuits. The disposition mix includes one split outcome, five affirmances, and four dismissals. Leading with the only reversal in the block, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed that the Alabama Department of Corrections violated the Eighth Amendment by being deliberately indifferent to inmates’ serious mental health needs, but it reversed specific…

Thanks, Michael. Let’s turn to Maria for the business and civil docket.

Thanks, David. I have fifteen cases from the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits. The disposition mix includes eight dismissals, six affirmances, one other disposition, and no reversals or vacaturs. In the Third Circuit, a healthcare provider’s defamation claim against an insurance company was affirmed because ERISA preempts state-law torts challenging Explanation of Benefits forms sent to…

Thanks, Maria. Now to Raj for immigration and government.

Thanks, David. Nineteen cases in this block: one reversal, one split outcome, one remand, seven dismissals, and ten denials. The Ninth Circuit reversed a Social Security decision and remanded for benefits calculation after finding legal error in how the administrative law judge weighed medical opinions. In a split disposition, the Seventh Circuit affirmed the denial of class certification but reversed summary…

This wraps Do It For The Case Law for Wednesday, June twenty-fourth, two thousand twenty-six. Thank you to James Taylor for covering twenty-seven cases on criminal justice, Aisha Johnson for seventeen civil rights cases, Michael Reeves for ten constitutional law decisions, Maria Santos for fifteen business and labor matters, and Raj Patel for nineteen immigration and government appeals. The most significant outcome…

Do It For The Case Law is a legal news and research publication. This episode is not legal advice.