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…

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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…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Tuesday, June 23, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:40 David Chen
3. 0:42 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 3:08 David Chen
5. 3:11 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 5:46 David Chen
7. 5:50 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 7:24 David Chen
9. 7:28 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 9:18 David Chen
11. 9:22 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 11:16 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law on Tuesday, June twenty-third, 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-nine federal appellate decisions across eleven circuits. Our team will cover criminal justice matters including drug trafficking and firearms offenses, civil rights cases involving voting and employment…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. I have thirty-two cases for you today from the Tenth, Eleventh, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits. The disposition rollup is twenty-three affirmed, two dismissed, one denied, one reversed with a remand, one vacated on a single count, and one split outcome. We begin in the Tenth Circuit where Lori Milliron’s accessory after the fact and obstruction convictions were upheld, though her…

Thanks, James. Let’s turn to Aisha covering civil rights.

Thanks, David. We have fifteen cases in this block. The disposition rollup is seven affirmances, two denials, two reversals, and four dismissals. Leading with the reversals, the Ninth Circuit reversed a lower court’s denial of enforcement for a mutual arbitration agreement in a wage and hour class action against ABM Aviation, finding the scope limited to employment disputes removed substantive unconscionability…

Thanks, Aisha. Let’s turn to Michael covering Supreme Court and constitutional law.

Thanks, David. We have ten cases from the Tenth, Fourth, Fifth, and D.C. Circuits in this block. The disposition mix includes two affirmances, five dismissals, one denial of a certificate of appealability, one vacatur with a remand, and one dismissal as moot. Starting with the unique movements, the D.C. Circuit vacated the district court’s nationwide stay on Department of Homeland Security expedited removal…

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

Thanks, David. I have twenty cases from the First, Fourth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Federal Circuits. The disposition mix includes nine affirmances, eight dismissals, three other dispositions, one vacatur, and one remand. Starting with movement cases, in the Tenth Circuit, the court affirmed the dismissal of standing claims but vacated the lower court’s ruling on Administrative Procedure Act claims against agency…

Thanks, Maria. Now let’s turn to Raj covering immigration and government matters.

Thanks, David. Twelve cases on the docket for immigration and government law. The disposition rollup is eight denials, three affirmances, and one dismissal. All outcomes are routine in terms of procedural posture, with no reversals or remands to report today. In the Eleventh Circuit, the court affirmed a Social Security disability denial where the ALJ properly referenced Woodhouse’s migraines over twenty times…

That brings us to the end of Do It For The Case Law for Tuesday, June twenty-third, two thousand twenty-six. We want to thank our reporters for their coverage today: James Taylor with thirty-two cases on criminal justice, Aisha Johnson with fifteen cases on civil rights, Michael Reeves with ten cases on constitutional law, Maria Santos with twenty cases on business and labor, and Raj Patel with twelve cases on…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Monday, June 22, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:42 David Chen
3. 0:44 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 2:06 David Chen
5. 2:09 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 3:16 David Chen
7. 3:20 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 4:28 David Chen
9. 4:31 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 6:15 David Chen
11. 6:18 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 7:54 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Monday, June twenty-second, 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 forty-four federal appellate opinions across eleven circuits. Our coverage includes criminal justice cases involving drug trafficking and firearms, civil rights matters including Section nineteen eighty-three claims and…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Twelve cases across the First, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuits: ten affirmed, one reversed, one denied, plus a dismissal with partial vacatur and remand. We begin in the First Circuit where Tyler Jon Taker’s claim for damages against police chief Marc Hagan was dismissed based on qualified immunity, while his requests for declaratory and injunctive relief regarding firearm prohibitions…

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

Thanks, David. I have five civil rights cases today. The disposition mix includes one reversal and four affirmances or dismissals. Starting in the Tenth Circuit, the court reversed a summary judgment for Fire Chief David Beebe in Carter versus Beebe. The court held that while the plaintiff had a property interest under his collective bargaining agreement, no clearly established law required a post-termination…

Thanks, Aisha. Let’s turn to Michael for constitutional law and habeas updates.

Thanks, David. We have six cases today across four circuits. Two were reversed and remanded, one was affirmed in part and remanded, and three were affirmed or denied. Starting with the Tenth Circuit, the court denied Alfonzo Vineyard a certificate of appealability and dismissed his appeal from the denial of his Section twenty-two fifty-four habeas petition, holding he failed to make a substantial showing of a…

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

Thanks, David. We have twelve cases in this block. The disposition mix includes five affirmances, four dismissals, one reversal and remand, one vacatur and remand, one remand for en banc review, and one order granting a petition and remanding. Starting with the movements: In the Fifth Circuit, the court reversed and remanded in Merchant versus Merchant regarding appellate fees, and ordered Spectrum versus Wendler…

Thanks, Maria. Raj has the immigration and government news.

Thanks, David. Raj Patel reporting on nine cases from the Eleventh, Fifth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits. The block includes two remands, one dismissal, and six denials. Leading with the procedural shifts, the Seventh Circuit vacated a district court injunction ordering the immediate release of over two thousand pages of documents without redactions, ruling that such a sanction abused discretion by exposing third…

That wraps up Do It For The Case Law for Monday, June twenty-second, two thousand twenty-six. A huge thank you to James Taylor, Aisha Johnson, Michael Reeves, Maria Santos, and Raj Patel for their coverage today. Out of the forty-eight opinions released, we saw one significant reversal or remand, seventeen affirmances, eight other dispositions, and eighteen dismissals. While many cases were dismissed on procedural…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Thursday, June 18, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:49 David Chen
3. 0:51 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 3:00 David Chen
5. 3:03 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 4:04 David Chen
7. 4:08 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 5:12 David Chen
9. 5:15 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 6:24 David Chen
11. 6:28 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 7:48 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Thursday, June the eighteenth, 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 contains forty-three federal appellate decisions across eleven circuits. Our team covers criminal justice with fifteen cases including sentencing guidelines and violent crimes; civil rights with nine matters involving Section…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Fifteen cases in today’s criminal justice roundup. The disposition mix includes ten affirmances, two dismissals, one denial, and two reversals or remands. Starting with the Tenth Circuit, the court affirmed the sentence for William Badoni regarding conspiracy to bribe a public official, rejecting challenges to guideline enhancements for high-level officials. However, in United States v. MacLean, the…

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

Thanks, David. We have nine cases today across six circuits. The mix includes four denials, three affirmances, one dismissal with vacatur and remand, and one reversal with remand. The Third Circuit reversed in the NetChoice challenge to Ohio’s Parental Notification by Social Media Operators Act, holding NetChoice lacked standing to assert minors’ First Amendment rights and that the law was narrowly tailored to…

Thanks, Aisha. Let’s turn to Michael covering Supreme Court and constitutional law.

Thanks, David. Four cases on the docket today: one affirmed, two vacated and remanded, and one reversed. Starting in the Eleventh Circuit, a three-judge panel affirmed Kelvin Bolton’s convictions for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, felon-in-possession of a firearm, and money laundering. The court dismissed Bolton’s motion under Section twenty-two fifty-five as premature while his direct appeal was pending, noting…

Thanks, Michael. Now for business and civil law, Maria has the rundown.

Thanks, David. Seven cases on the docket today. Two were reversed and remanded, one was dismissed, one resulted in other dispositions including a partial dismissal and vacation, and three were affirmed. Starting with reversals and remands, the Fifth Circuit sent back a product liability case involving Glenn and Rhonda Larkins against CTE Manufacturing, ruling that the plaintiffs showed sufficient diligence to excuse…

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

Thanks, David. Eight cases total for immigration and government today. All eight were denied or affirmed with no reversals, vacaturs, or remands. In the First Circuit, Alves-Pains was denied a petition to reconsider an asylum denial after the court found the Board of Immigration Appeals acted within its discretion regarding proposed social groups. Over in the Eleventh Circuit, Octavius’s challenge to discretionary…

That wraps up Do It For The Case Law for Thursday, June the eighteenth, two thousand twenty-six. Thank you to our reporters: James Taylor, Aisha Johnson, Michael Reeves, Maria Santos, and Raj Patel for your coverage today. Across the day’s docket, we saw fifteen cases from James, nine from Aisha, four from Michael, seven from Maria, and eight from Raj. The most significant outcomes were one reversal or remand among…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Wednesday, June 17, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:44 David Chen
3. 0:46 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 2:25 David Chen
5. 2:28 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 5:28 David Chen
7. 5:32 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 6:45 David Chen
9. 6:49 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 8:15 David Chen
11. 8:19 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 9:40 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Wednesday June seventeen two thousand twenty-six. Visit do it for the case law dot com to listen to more in-depth, per-case reporting. Today the docket contains fifty-four cases across eleven circuits. Our team covers criminal justice including drug trafficking and firearms; civil rights with Section nineteen eighty-three claims and employment discrimination; Supreme Court and…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. We have sixteen cases today across the federal circuits. The disposition rollup is eleven affirmances, three dismissals, one vacatur and remand, and one other disposition that affirmed a below-Guidelines sentence after an Anders review. Leading with the only non-affirmance outcome, the Eighth Circuit vacated and remanded Moreion Lindsey’s case regarding leg restraints, though the court ultimately…

Thanks, James. Now to Aisha for the civil rights coverage.

Thanks, David. We have twelve cases in this block from the Eleventh, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits. The disposition mix includes five affirmances, one dismissal, one vacatur with a remand, one affirmation-in-part-and-remand, two reversals or split outcomes, and three other dispositions including one vacated injunction. We begin in the Eleventh Circuit with a reversal for C. W. versus Steve Smith Piedmont…

Thanks, Aisha. Let’s turn to Michael for constitutional law and habeas corpus.

Thanks, David. We have six substantive opinions today from the Tenth, Eleventh, Fourth, and Ninth Circuits involving habeas petitions, prisoner civil rights, criminal resentencing, and mandamus relief. The disposition rollup shows five affirmances and one denial of a writ petition. Starting in the Tenth Circuit, Michael Hall’s federal habeas corpus appeal was dismissed as time-barred because he failed to make a…

Thanks, Michael. Maria joins us next with business and civil rulings from across the circuits.

Thanks, David. Twelve cases landed on my desk today. The disposition mix includes three affirmances, one dismissal, one denial, and two split outcomes or remands, with the rest being administrative corrections or denials. Starting in the First Circuit, Salve Regina University received a procedural correction to its June eleventh opinion regarding Linda Crawford’s dispute, while one other lower-priority matter was…

Thanks, Maria. Raj joins us now for immigration and government cases.

Thanks, David. We have eight substantive cases on the docket today: one remand, two dismissals, and five denials. The major development comes from the Ninth Circuit, where the court remanded two environmental disputes involving the Klamath Project. In both Yurok Tribe versus Klamath Irrigation District and Yurok Tribe versus Klamath Water Users Association, the panel affirmed that the Endangered Species Act applies…

That wraps our broadcast for Wednesday, June seventeenth, two thousand twenty-six. Thank you to James Taylor for covering sixteen cases in criminal justice. Aisha Johnson brought us twelve stories on civil rights. Michael Reeves reported on six matters involving constitutional law and the Supreme Court. Maria Santos delivered a dozen segments on business and labor issues. And Raj Patel covered eight appeals…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Monday, June 15, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:42 David Chen
3. 0:44 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 2:38 David Chen
5. 2:41 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 4:46 David Chen
7. 4:49 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 5:49 David Chen
9. 5:52 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 7:44 David Chen
11. 7:48 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 9:12 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law, Monday June fifteenth two thousand twenty-six. Visit do it for the case law dot com to listen to more in-depth, per-case reporting. Today we are covering forty-seven federal appellate cases across ten circuits. Our team will bring you updates on criminal justice issues including drug trafficking and fraud, civil rights matters involving Section nineteen eighty-three claims and…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. We have thirteen criminal justice cases today from six different circuits. The disposition rollup shows two vacaturs and remands, one reversal, five affirmances, three dismissals, and three denials. Starting with the significant movements in the Seventh Circuit, the court vacated the conspiracy and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act convictions of Anne Pramaggiore and Michael McClain because a general…

Thanks, James. Now Aisha brings us the civil rights updates.

Thanks, David. We have eight cases in this block. The dispositions include five affirmances, one reversal with a vacatur, and two denials. Let’s start with the movement case from the Sixth Circuit where the court reversed the district court’s denial of leave to file an amended complaint and vacated the subsequent dismissal in Jaleelah Ahmed versus the city. The appellate court held that the proposed amendments were…

Thanks, Aisha. Let’s turn to Michael covering constitutional law.

Thanks, David. I have four cases for you today. The disposition mix includes one reversal and three denials. Starting in the Ninth Circuit, the panel reversed a district court’s denial of habeas relief for Charles Rienhardt, who challenged his Arizona death sentence on Sixth Amendment grounds involving ineffective assistance of counsel and evidentiary development limits under Section twenty-two fifty-four. Moving to…

Thanks, Michael. Maria has the business and labor roundup.

Thanks, David. Ten cases for the business, labor, and civil beat. The disposition rollup: three affirmed, one denied, one dismissed, two vacated or remanded, and three reversed or remanded on specific issues. Let’s start with the Tenth Circuit. Jackson versus Santander Consumer USA was denied. The court affirmed a stay of the federal lawsuit pending a parallel state-court action, ruling that arguments about other…

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

Thanks, David. Twelve cases in this block. Eleven were affirmed or denied, one was dismissed. Starting with the split outcome: the Ninth Circuit modified the disposition in Moore versus Yehling from dismissal with prejudice to dismissal without prejudice because federal courts lack subject matter jurisdiction over a suit against a state judge applying a statute neutrally. Over in the Tenth Circuit, Arguello versus…

That brings us to the end of Do It For The Case Law for Monday, June fifteenth, two thousand twenty-six. A huge thank you to our reporting team: James Taylor, Aisha Johnson, Michael Reeves, Maria Santos, and Raj Patel for their deep dives into today’s docket. We saw a total of fifty-three opinions across the federal appellate courts. The most significant developments were two reversals and remands that will reshape…

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