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…

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 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…

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

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…

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