Federal appellate daily recap for Saturday, July 25, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:23 David Chen
3. 0:25 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
4. 1:17 David Chen
5. 1:19 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
6. 1:58 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Saturday, July twenty-fifth, 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 two federal appellate decisions across two 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 Michael for the constitutional law roundup.

Thanks, David. One case in this block. The First Circuit denied the motion to stay a district court’s injunction pending appeal. That denial stands for State of California versus State of Alabama. Here is what happened: the lower court had enjoined federal defendants from implementing specific provisions of Executive Order fourteen thousand three hundred ninety-nine regarding mail-in ballot administration in…

Thanks, Michael. Raj, you are up next.

Thanks, David. One case in this block from the First Circuit, and it was denied. The court denied the federal defendants’ motion to stay the district court’s injunction pending appeal in the challenge brought by the state of California against the Trump administration. Applying the standard four-factor test for a stay, the appellate court found that the executive branch failed to demonstrate a strong likelihood of…

That is the daily rundown for Saturday, July twenty-fifth, two thousand twenty-six. Subscribe or follow for the next update. Visit do it for the case law dot com to listen to more in-depth, per-case reporting. Do It For The Case Law is a news reporting service. We summarize and discuss published federal appellate opinions. Nothing in this broadcast constitutes legal advice. We are not lawyers. If you need legal…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Thursday, July 23, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:45 David Chen
3. 0:47 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 3:09 David Chen
5. 3:12 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 5:16 David Chen
7. 5:23 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 6:58 David Chen
9. 7:02 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 9:29 David Chen
11. 9:33 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 11:28 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Thursday, July twenty-third, 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 sixty-five cases across eleven federal circuits. Our coverage spans immigration and agency review with Raj Patel, business and civil matters including bankruptcy and intellectual property with Maria Santos,…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Fifteen cases across seven circuits. Eleven affirmed, two dismissed, one reversed-remanded, and three vacated-remanded. We begin in the Eleventh Circuit with a split outcome: Jamarus Hoskins’s sentence was vacated and remanded because the court ruled he acted as a thief rather than a fence, making the stolen-property enhancement improper even though his leadership-role enhancement stood. The Fifth…

Thanks, James. Now to Aisha for the civil rights docket.

Thanks, David. I have eight cases from four circuits today. The disposition mix includes five affirmances, one split outcome, and two reversals or remands. Starting with the Eleventh Circuit, Deputies McMaster and Gulledge won summary judgment in Tyler Canaris’s excessive force claim, as the court found the force objectively reasonable under qualified immunity standards and dismissed the state law torts for lack of…

Thanks, Aisha. Next, Michael with the latest on habeas corpus, prisoner rights, and constitutional challenges.

Thanks, David. Six cases in today’s constitutional and habeas corpus roundup. The disposition mix includes two affirmances, one dismissal, one reversal, one vacatur, and one reversal with remand. Leading with the outcomes that changed lower court rulings: In the Ninth Circuit, Kane versus Haynes was reversed and remanded regarding a prisoner’s access to an Arabic-language Quran; the court held the district court…

Thanks, Michael. Let’s turn to Maria covering business, labor, and civil law.

Thanks, David. Twenty-four cases in this block. The disposition rollup is eight affirmances, eight dismissals, one reversal, one remand, two split outcomes, and five cases with mixed dispositions including vacaturs. Leading with the reversals and split outcomes: In the Ninth Circuit, the court reversed summary judgment for Allied World Specialty Insurance Company on breach of contract and bad faith claims in both…

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

Thanks, David. We have twelve cases from the First, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, and Federal Circuits today. The disposition rollup includes one vacatur and remand, one dismissal, one denial, three affirmances, and six dismissals for failure to prosecute or lack of jurisdiction. Starting with the First Circuit, the court granted Prakash Dhoj Rana’s petition and vacated a removal order, remanding the case back to the…

That wraps up Do It For The Case Law for Thursday, July twenty-third, two thousand twenty-six. A huge thank you to James Taylor, Aisha Johnson, Michael Reeves, Maria Santos, and Raj Patel for their reporting today. The most significant outcomes of the day were the two reversals and remands that reshaped legal precedent in their respective jurisdictions, while the rest of the docket saw twenty-nine affirmances and…

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, July 22, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:47 David Chen
3. 0:49 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 2:00 David Chen
5. 2:04 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 3:32 David Chen
7. 3:36 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 4:24 David Chen
9. 4:27 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 6:47 David Chen
11. 6:50 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 7:59 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Wednesday, July twenty-second, 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-two federal appellate opinions across nine circuits. Our coverage spans criminal justice matters including drug trafficking and firearms cases from the Sixth Circuit, civil rights litigation involving Section…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. We have thirteen cases from today’s docket. The disposition rollup shows ten affirmances, two dismissals, one vacatur and remand on the sentence, and one reversal and remand. We start in the Sixth Circuit where the court reversed and remanded Paul Spivak’s conviction for securities fraud after finding the indictment insufficient to provide notice of the specific charges under the Superseding Second…

Thanks, James. Next, Aisha has the civil rights and Second Amendment coverage.

Thanks, David. Ten cases on the docket today, all affirmed or dismissed with no reversals or remands. In the Tenth Circuit, Edward Hoid’s Second Amendment challenge to a news outlet was dismissed for failing to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure eight, and Angeliina Lawson’s Section nineteen eighty-three suit against Kansas judges was thrown out due to judicial immunity and *Younger* abstention….

Thanks, Aisha. Now Michael with constitutional law and habeas corpus.

Thanks, David. We have two cases today from the Fourth and Ninth Circuits. One was denied and one was affirmed. The Fourth Circuit denied Shahsultan Jaffer’s petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to vacate district court orders, disqualify the judge, and compel healthcare services. The court held mandamus is an extraordinary remedy available only when there is a clear right to relief and no other adequate means to…

Thanks, Michael. Let’s turn to Maria for the business and civil cases.

Thanks, David. We have eleven substantive business, labor, and civil cases today. The disposition mix includes four affirmances, three dismissals, two denials of petitions for review, one reversal and remand, and one split outcome where the court granted part of the petition and denied the rest. Moving to the Eleventh Circuit, the court dismissed an appeal by Diamond Realty against Monalito Hutchins sua sponte for…

Thanks, Maria. Raj has the immigration and government cases.

Thanks, David. We have six substantive opinions today from four circuits. Two were remanded, two affirmed, one denied, and one dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Starting in the Sixth Circuit, the court granted a petition for review in the case of Maher Sabri Hanna, vacating the Board of Immigration Appeals denial of his Convention Against Torture claim and remanding for an aggregate analysis of torture risk rather…

That wraps up our broadcast for Wednesday, July twenty-second, two thousand twenty-six. Thank you to James Taylor, Aisha Johnson, Michael Reeves, Maria Santos, and Raj Patel for your reporting today. We saw a total of fifty-eight cases across the circuits. Twenty-six appeals were affirmed, while eight decisions were reversed, vacated, or remanded, marking significant shifts in those rulings. Several appeals were…

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