Federal appellate daily recap for Thursday, August 27, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:26 David Chen
3. 0:28 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 3:00 David Chen
5. 3:03 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 5:15 David Chen
7. 5:20 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 6:23 David Chen
9. 6:27 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 8:13 David Chen
11. 8:17 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 10:48 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Thursday, August twenty-seventh, 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 sixty-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…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Twenty-four cases in this criminal justice block: twenty-two affirmances, one dismissal, and one dismissal as moot. We begin with the Tenth Circuit, where two appeals were dismissed. In United States versus Irving, the court granted counsel’s motion to withdraw under Anders v. California, finding no nonfrivolous grounds to appeal the denial of a sentence reduction request. The court held that while…

Thanks, James. Now Aisha has the civil rights cases.

Thanks, David. We have fifteen cases in this block. The disposition mix includes ten affirmances, two reversals with remands, and three dismissals. Starting with the Sixth Circuit, the court reversed and remanded a Section nineteen eighty-three complaint alleging substantive due process violations following a student’s suicide. The panel held that the Constitution imposes no affirmative duty on the state to protect…

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

Thanks, David. We have two cases from the Tenth Circuit today. The court affirmed one ruling and denied a request for further review in the other. First, in United States versus Valdez, the Tenth Circuit affirmed the denial of a motion to suppress evidence including methamphetamine and a firearm. The court held that an initial investigatory stop was lawful based on reasonable suspicion derived from the totality of…

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

Thanks, David. In this block of fifteen cases across five circuits, the courts affirmed ten, dismissed two, denied one, vacated one, and remanded three with a split outcome in another. We begin in the Federal Circuit where Apple faced a mixed result on patent claims while Astellas Pharma secured a remand following settlement. The panel affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s determination that Apple failed to…

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

Thanks, David. Eleven cases in this block. The disposition rollup is seven denials, three dismissals, one affirmation, and one split outcome of affirmed in part and reversed in part. Leading with the only reversal and remand, Romantix-Fargo versus the City of Fargo was affirmed in part and reversed in part. The Eighth Circuit held that the First Amendment did not protect the company’s proposed business because it…

That brings us to the end of Do It For The Case Law for Thursday, August twenty-seventh, two thousand twenty-six. Today we heard from James Taylor covering twenty-four cases in criminal justice, Aisha Johnson with fifteen on civil rights, Michael Reeves breaking down two significant constitutional opinions, Maria Santos handling fifteen matters in business and labor, and Raj Patel reviewing eleven immigration 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 Friday, August 28, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:22 David Chen
3. 0:24 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 4:27 David Chen
5. 4:31 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 6:02 David Chen
7. 6:06 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 7:00 David Chen
9. 7:03 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 8:49 David Chen
11. 8:52 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 10:58 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Friday, August twenty-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 seventy-three 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…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Today I have twenty-one cases covering criminal justice across six circuits. The disposition rollup shows fifteen affirmances, two dismissals, one denial, one vacatur with remand, and one remand for correction. We begin with the Tenth Circuit’s significant vacatur in United States versus Moon Seals. The court held that when a district court revokes probation, it must follow a single-step process…

Thanks, James. Let’s turn to Aisha for civil rights and employment discrimination.

Thanks, David. Nine cases from the Tenth, Eleventh, Sixth, and Ninth Circuits. The mix includes one reversal, one split outcome with a remand, two vacaturs with remands, and five affirmances. Leading with the movement cases: the Tenth Circuit vacated and remanded for a new trial in Cronick versus City of Colorado Springs after finding the district judge abused discretion by admitting over twenty video clips from…

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

Thanks, David. We have two cases in this block. Both were affirmed. First, over in the First Circuit, Matthew McDonald’s Section twenty-two fifty-five motion was denied and his request for a certificate of appealability was rejected. The court held that any error regarding jury instructions on an invalid predicate offense was harmless under the Brecht standard because the record showed no grave doubt that the jury…

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

Thanks, David. Thirty-one cases in this block: twenty-four affirmed, three dismissed, one denied, one remanded, and two other dispositions including immigration grants. We begin with the Federal Circuit, where T-Mobile versus Kaifi was remanded for transfer to the Fifth Circuit on venue grounds. In the Ninth Circuit, we see significant movement in immigration law. The court granted review in He versus Blanche,…

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

Thanks, David. Ten cases assigned to this block: three affirmed, two denied, one dismissed as moot, and four denied petitions for review. Moving to the Tenth Circuit, the court dismissed in part and denied in part Lillian Jhoan Lazo-Villalta’s petition for review of an immigration judge’s denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture protection. The court held that her challenge to the…

That brings us to the end of Do It For The Case Law for Friday, August twenty-eighth, two thousand twenty-six. A huge thank you to James Taylor, Aisha Johnson, Michael Reeves, Maria Santos, and Raj Patel for their comprehensive coverage today. Across all five beats, we saw fifty-three total dispositions. The most significant development was a single reversal or remand that reshapes the legal landscape in its…

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, August 31, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:48 David Chen
3. 0:50 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 3:30 David Chen
5. 3:33 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 6:02 David Chen
7. 6:06 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 8:28 David Chen
9. 8:32 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 10:35 David Chen
11. 10:39 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 12:56 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Monday, August thirty-first, 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 one hundred thirteen federal appellate opinions across nine circuits. Our team will cover criminal justice matters including firearms, fraud, and compassionate release, alongside civil rights cases involving Section…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Twenty-seven criminal justice cases across six circuits today. The disposition rollup shows nineteen affirmances, five dismissals, one split outcome, and one vacatur with a remand. Starting with the Tenth Circuit, Terry Dutton’s eighty-four-month sentence for possessing a firearm while under a protective order was affirmed. The court found no clear error in applying a four-level sentencing enhancement…

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

Thanks, David. I have nineteen cases from the Tenth, Eleventh, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits. The docket features nine affirmances, four dismissals, one remand, two reversals, and three split outcomes. Starting with the reversals and split dispositions: In the Fourth Circuit, the court reversed a summary judgment in Delsonya Wilkins-Bailey versus Essity Professional Hygiene North America, holding that…

Thanks, Aisha. Let’s turn to Michael covering constitutional law and prisoner litigation.

Thanks, David. I have twenty substantive cases from six circuits today. The disposition rollup is one vacatur and remand, six dismissals, and thirteen affirmances. Leading the docket is a significant Fourth Circuit ruling that vacated a lower court order denying in forma pauperis status to James Raynor under the Prison Litigation Reform Act. The court found he sufficiently alleged imminent danger of serious physical…

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

Thanks, David. Twenty-nine cases from the Eleventh, Third, Fourth, Eighth, Ninth, and Federal Circuits. The disposition rollup: twenty-two affirmed, four reversed or split, two vacated and remanded, one denied petition for writ of mandamus, and one moot dismissal. We begin with the movements. In the Eleventh Circuit, the court vacated a district court’s insurance coverage dismissal and remanded because the lower…

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

Thanks, David. Eighteen cases today on the docket for immigration, administrative agency review, environmental, tax, and social security. The disposition mix: three reversals, one vacatur-remand, two split outcomes with partial affirmance and remand, one outright remand, seven denials of petitions for review, four dismissals, and one affirmation. We begin with the movements that changed agency or lower court…

That wraps our broadcast for Monday, August thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six. Thank you to James Taylor for covering twenty-seven cases, Aisha Johnson for nineteen cases, Michael Reeves for twenty cases, Maria Santos for twenty-nine cases, and Raj Patel for eighteen cases. Today’s docket saw seventy-eight affirmances, twelve other dispositions, and twenty-one dismissals. The most significant outcomes were two…

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