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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