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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