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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Federal appellate daily recap for Wednesday, June 10, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:44 David Chen
3. 0:46 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 1:40 David Chen
5. 1:43 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 3:09 David Chen
7. 3:13 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 4:05 David Chen
9. 4:08 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 5:46 David Chen
11. 5:50 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 7:04 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law, Wednesday, June tenth, two thousand twenty-six. Visit do it for the case law dot com to listen to more in-depth, per-case reporting. Today we have sixty cases across ten circuits on the docket. James Taylor covers criminal justice including drug trafficking, firearms, and violent crimes. Aisha Johnson handles civil rights claims under Section nineteen eighty-three and employment…

James, what do you have?

Thanks, David. Twenty-three cases are in this block. The disposition mix is sixteen affirmed, four dismissed, two denied, one resolved. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is the lead read: The eleventh-circuit affirmed the defendant’s convictions for conspiracy to commit witness tampering, three counts of witness tampering, and conspiracy to obstruct justice, as well as his ninety-seven-month sentence. CAone had two cases:…

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

Thanks, David. Twelve civil rights cases today. Two reversed, eight affirmed, and two dismissed or denied for jurisdictional reasons. Reversals come from the Eighth Circuit first. Christopher Lockhart v. Siloam Springs Police Department reversed on a false arrest claim under Section nineteen eighty-three of Title forty-two because the officer had probable cause based on intoxication indicators. Ginger Headley and…

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

Thanks, David. In this block of two cases from the Eleventh Circuit, one was dismissed and one was affirmed. Tavoris K. Simmons had his appeal dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction because the district court judgment was not final. The plaintiff had a right to amend his complaint once as a matter of course under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure fifteen a one B, making the third amended complaint operative….

Thanks, Michael. Now for business and civil law, I’ll turn to Maria.

Thanks, David. Fourteen cases for business and civil law today. The disposition rollup is one reversal, two dismissals, and eleven affirmances. We begin in the Tenth Circuit with Spitz versus Starr Indemnity and Liability Company reversed. The court held that under Illinois choice-of-law principles applicable after a transfer to Section fourteen oh four (a), Oklahoma law governs the dispute because Oklahoma has the…

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

Thanks, David. Here are nine cases from today’s immigration and government docket. One split outcome, one affirmation with tax penalty detail, and seven routine affirmances, denials, or dismissals. In the Fifth Circuit, Vasquez-Barrera versus Blanche was affirmed on asylum and withholding of removal but vacated and remanded regarding Convention Against Torture relief. The court found the serious nonpolitical crime…

This wraps up Do It For The Case Law for Wednesday, the tenth of June, two thousand twenty-six. Thank you to James Taylor, Aisha Johnson, Michael Reeves, Maria Santos, and Raj Patel for covering today’s federal appellate docket. We saw three reversals and remands among the day’s most significant rulings, while thirty-six cases were affirmed across various circuits. Seventeen dismissals rounded out the day’s…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Monday, June 8, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:47 David Chen
3. 0:49 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 1:53 David Chen
5. 1:57 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 3:24 David Chen
7. 3:29 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 4:49 David Chen
9. 4:53 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 6:30 David Chen
11. 6:35 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 8:15 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Monday, June eighth, 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 a substantial docket with sixty-six cases across ten circuits. Remember to subscribe or follow us for daily updates on federal appellate decisions. Do It For The Case Law is a news reporting service. We summarize and discuss…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Today we have twenty-six cases on the criminal justice docket. Here’s the breakdown: six were affirmed, four dismissed, five denied, three reversed, two vacated and remanded, and one was a split outcome. Starting in the First Circuit, in United States versus Héctor Maldonado-Maldonado, the court vacated his sentence due to procedural errors involving undisclosed disciplinary violations and remanded…

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

Thanks, David. Today, we’re covering ten cases across several circuits. We have one affirmed, five dismissed, two denied, and two vacated and remanded. Starting with the Eleventh Circuit, in a significant decision, the court vacated and remanded an injunction under Section two of the Voting Rights Act against Alabama’s Secretary of State. This came after new Supreme Court precedents were set in Louisiana versus…

Thanks, Aisha. Now, let’s hear from Michael on today’s Supreme Court and constitutional law cases.

Thanks, David. Today, we’re looking at five cases across the Eleventh and Fourth Circuits. In terms of outcomes, we have two affirmances, two denials, and one dismissal. Starting in the Eleventh Circuit, the court affirmed the dismissal of Jessica Hernandez and Sheila Figueroa’s Federal Tort Claims Act case against the United States. The plaintiffs failed to present their claims properly to the United States Postal…

Thanks, Michael. Now, let’s hear from Maria on business and civil matters.

Thanks, David. Today we have fourteen cases to discuss across multiple circuits. Starting with the Eleventh Circuit, two cases were affirmed. In GoAuto Insurance Company versus twoB Claims Services Inc., the court held that the claims adjuster had no duty to advise GoAuto on legal risks related to bad-faith conduct. The decision rested on Florida negligence law, emphasizing the scope of engagement which was limited…

Thanks, Maria. Now, let’s turn to Raj for the latest on immigration and government cases.

Thanks, David. Today we have eleven cases to cover across several circuits. Out of these, seven were denied, two dismissed, and two affirmed. Starting in the Tenth Circuit, the court dismissed New Mexico Trappers Association’s case against Torrez, affirming the district court’s decision due to a lack of Article Three standing. The court found that striking down an exception for trapping by enrolled members of…

That wraps up today’s coverage. A big thank you to James Taylor, Aisha Johnson, Michael Reeves, Maria Santos, and Raj Patel for their insights on the latest decisions. Today we saw two significant reversals and remands that will impact ongoing legal landscapes. Several appeals were dismissed on procedural grounds, while others were affirmed or resolved through other dispositions. Visit do it for the case law dot com…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Friday, June 5, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:55 David Chen
3. 0:57 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 3:11 David Chen
5. 3:14 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 4:07 David Chen
7. 4:11 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 6:58 David Chen
9. 7:01 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 8:28 David Chen
11. 8:32 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 10:10 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Friday, June 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 forty-five federal appellate opinions across eight circuits. Our coverage includes a major criminal justice block with sixteen cases covering drug trafficking, firearms, and supervised release issues; a significant civil rights…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Sixteen cases in this block: ten affirmed, four dismissed, one denied, one reversed, and two vacated with remand. Leading with the changes to lower court rulings, the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s denial of qualified immunity for three San Francisco police officers sued under Section nineteen eighty-three over a wrongful incarceration claim involving familial association rights. The Fourth…

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

Thanks, David. Three cases in this block: one reversed and remanded, and two affirmed. The Federal Circuit reversed and remanded the Veterans Court’s denial of attorneys’ fees to Marcos Greenidge under the Equal Access to Justice Act because his appeal resulted in a material alteration of the legal relationship between the parties, qualifying him as a prevailing party despite the dismissal of his underlying appeal….

Thanks, Aisha. Let’s turn to Michael for the constitutional and habeas coverage.

Thanks, David. Nine cases on today’s constitutional docket. The disposition rollup is three affirmances, two denials, one reversal, one vacatur and remand, and one denial of a petition for a writ of mandamus that was deemed moot. Leading the day, the Seventh Circuit vacated and remanded a civil rights suit alleging forced labor against Kenosha County, Wisconsin. The court held that the term whoever in Section…

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

Thanks, David. Twelve cases today across five circuits. Ten were affirmed or denied, one was reversed and remanded, and one was granted and remanded. The major movement comes from the First Circuit, where a securities fraud class action against iRobot was remanded on claims alleging material misrepresentations in a proxy statement regarding regulatory approvals. Over in the Ninth Circuit, a petition for review was…

Thanks, Maria. Raj has the latest on immigration and government appeals.

Thanks, David. Five cases on the docket today across three circuits. The disposition mix includes one split outcome, two denials, and two dismissals. Leading with the only case that changed a lower court result, the Ninth Circuit affirmed in part and remanded in part in Roggenkamp versus Morgan Stanley Medical Plan. The court held that while Cigna did not operate under a conflict of interest because the plan was…

That wraps up Friday, June the fifth, two thousand twenty-six. A huge thank you to our reporting team: James Taylor for his coverage of sixteen cases, Aisha Johnson on three civil rights matters, Michael Reeves with nine constitutional and habeas stories, Maria Santos covering twelve business and labor disputes, and Raj Patel with five immigration and government appeals. Today’s docket saw two significant reversals…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Thursday, June 4, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:24 David Chen
3. 0:26 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 2:31 David Chen
5. 2:34 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 4:50 David Chen
7. 4:54 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 5:46 David Chen
9. 5:49 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 7:38 David Chen
11. 7:42 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 8:44 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Thursday, June fourth, 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 decisions across five reporter beats. Do It For The Case Law is a news reporting service. We summarize and discuss federal appellate opinions. Nothing in this broadcast constitutes legal advice.

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Sixteen cases from the Eleventh, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits. Disposition rollup: eight affirmances, two dismissals, one denial, two vacaturs with remands, one reversal with remand, and three other dispositions. Leading with the changes: the Fourth Circuit vacated and remanded a civil rights case involving prison officials for failing to consider spoliation sanctions…

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

Thanks, David. Nine cases in today’s civil rights block, all affirmed with one partial remand. The only movement is a split disposition where the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the core ruling but remanded on a specific issue. Starting in the Eleventh Circuit, the court addressed Eugene Niksich regarding willful failure to file complete and accurate FBAR reports between two thousand six and two thousand twelve; the court…

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

Thanks, David. Three cases on the docket today. One reversal, one denial, and one affirmation. We start with the reversal in the Sixth Circuit where the court granted an unconditional writ of habeas corpus to David Smith. The district court had jurisdiction because the State failed to comply with a prior conditional writ mandate requiring a retrial within one hundred eighty days without using a victim’s…

Thanks, Michael. Now for business and civil law, here is Maria.

Thanks, David. Thirteen cases in this block: ten affirmed, two denied, one reversed, and one vacated and remanded. Starting with the reversals and split outcomes, the Federal Circuit reversed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision in Life Spine versus Globus Medical, ruling that the Board erred in its claim construction of a spinal implant patent. The court also vacated and remanded Ollnova Technologies versus…

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

Thanks, David. Six cases in this block. One was reversed, one dismissed, and four were denied or affirmed. The Ninth Circuit reversed a dismissal of a class action under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, holding that calls and texts can qualify as telephone solicitations based on their initiation for commercial purposes, not just their content. In immigration news, the Sixth Circuit affirmed a denial of…

This wraps up Do It For The Case Law for Thursday, June the fourth, two thousand twenty-six. Thank you to our reporters for today’s comprehensive coverage. James Taylor handled sixteen cases, Aisha Johnson covered nine, Michael Reeves reported on three, Maria Santos took thirteen, and Raj Patel managed six. Today’s docket featured three reversals and remands that will demand your attention, while twenty-three…

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