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…

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