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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