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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