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…

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