Federal appellate daily recap for Friday, September 4, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:42 David Chen
3. 0:44 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 2:25 David Chen
5. 2:28 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 5:50 David Chen
7. 5:54 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 7:14 David Chen
9. 7:17 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 9:07 David Chen
11. 9:11 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 11:54 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Friday, September fourth, 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-two federal appellate opinions across twelve circuits. Our coverage includes criminal justice cases involving drug trafficking and firearms, civil rights disputes on voting and employment, Section nineteen…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Today in criminal justice, we have nineteen cases across six circuits: seventeen affirmed, one reversed in part and vacated in part with a remand, and one split outcome where the court found no reversible error despite alleged government breach. Starting in the First Circuit, the court affirmed a captain sentencing enhancement but vacated the denial of a minor participant role adjustment for José…

Thanks, James. Now for the civil rights coverage with Aisha.

Thanks, David. I have seventeen cases to cover from the First, Tenth, Eleventh, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and D.C. Circuits. The disposition mix includes eight affirmances, one dismissal, two denials, one vacatur-remand, one affirmation-vacatur split, one remand, one reversal-remand, and four other dispositions involving stays or procedural dismissals. Let’s start with the First Circuit where the court denied a motion…

Thanks, Aisha. Next up, Michael with the constitutional law and Supreme Court beat.

Thanks, David. Michael Reeves here with five substantive opinions from across the federal appellate courts. In this block, two cases were dismissed for lack of jurisdiction or mootness, one was affirmed in part and reversed in part regarding standing and anti-SLAPP motions, and two others involved affirmances in immigration and prisoner litigation matters. Starting with the Eleventh Circuit, the court dismissed an…

Thanks, Michael. Now Maria has the business and civil docket.

Thanks, David. Today we have thirteen cases across four circuits. The disposition rollup shows five affirmances, six dismissals, one vacatur and remand, and one reversal and remand. Starting with the Eleventh Circuit, the court affirmed the denial of a motion for compassionate release in the case involving Brady Lavick Adams, holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion because the defendant failed…

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

Thanks, David. We have eight cases today. The disposition mix includes three denials, two affirmances, one affirmed in part and reversed in part, one vacated and remanded, and another vacated and remanded. Starting with the reversals and splits, the Ninth Circuit granted Angel Trigueros Quizar’s petition for review and remanded to the Board of Immigration Appeals because the agency applied an incorrect evidentiary…

This has been Do It For The Case Law for Friday, September the fourth, two thousand twenty-six. Today we heard from James Taylor covering nineteen cases, Aisha Johnson with seventeen, Michael Reeves on five, Maria Santos reporting on thirteen, and Raj Patel with eight. The docket produced forty-two affirmances, eleven dismissals, and nine other dispositions. Among the most significant outcomes were several…

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