Federal appellate daily recap for Monday, September 21, 2026.

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Monday, September twenty-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 twenty-eight federal appellate opinions across eight circuits. Our coverage spans criminal justice with sentencing guidelines and supervised release, civil rights litigation including Section nineteen eighty-three…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Ten cases for the criminal beat today with nine affirmances and one dismissal. We start in the First Circuit where Gustavo Kinrys’s conviction and sentence for health insurance fraud were affirmed. The court applied the burden-shifting framework under United States Sentencing Guidelines section two B one dot one to uphold the intended loss calculation based on billed amounts rather than contract…

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

Thanks, David. Five civil rights cases on the docket today. The disposition mix includes two affirmances, one dismissal with prejudice, one reversal and remand, and one vacatur and remand. Starting in the First Circuit, Dante DiFronzo versus the City of Somerville was reversed and remanded. The court held that the district court erred by allowing the jury to consider damages based on the plaintiff’s paid…

Thanks, Aisha. Let’s turn to Michael for the constitutional law updates.

Thanks, David. Today in constitutional and habeas law, we have four cases. The disposition rollup is three affirmances and one dismissal. Leading with the Ninth Circuit, the panel affirmed the district court’s denial of a government motion to dismiss in Padilla versus Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ruling that the court retains jurisdiction to hear a class-wide constitutional challenge to mandatory detention…

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

Thanks, David. I have four cases from the Eleventh and Ninth Circuits today. Three were affirmed or dismissed, while one was reversed. Moving to the Eleventh Circuit, the court reversed a dismissal in OJ Commerce versus National Christmas Products. The panel held that the complaint plausibly alleged an antitrust conspiracy under Section one of the Sherman Act by asserting specific market-wide price increases…

Thanks, Maria. Raj covers immigration and government law.

Thanks, David. Five immigration cases today across five circuits. All five were denied or dismissed. No reversals or remands in this block. In the Tenth Circuit, the court affirmed the Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of asylum and withholding of removal for petitioners from Colombia. The panel found substantial evidence supported the finding that the petitioners could safely relocate within their home country,…

That brings us to the end of Do It For The Case Law for Monday, September twenty-first, two thousand twenty-six. Thank you to James Taylor, Aisha Johnson, Michael Reeves, Maria Santos, and Raj Patel for their reporting today. We saw a busy docket with eighteen affirmances, three other dispositions, and seven dismissals. While many cases were resolved through affirmation or dismissal on procedural grounds, the most…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Friday, September 18, 2026.

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Friday, September eighteenth, 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-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. Seventeen cases today across four circuits. The disposition rollup shows seven affirmances, eight dismissals, one split outcome, and one vacatur with remand. We begin in the Sixth Circuit where Hassan-Nur Mohamed’s supervised release revocation was vacated and remanded because the district court erred by treating a two thousand twenty-five illegal re-entry conviction as a violation when his original…

Thanks, James. Aisha has the civil rights and employment law roundup.

Thanks, David. Today’s civil rights and employment docket contains six cases. The disposition rollup shows two affirmances, one vacatur with a remand, one reversal with a remand, and three denials of preliminary relief or summary judgments for the defendants. We begin with the Eleventh Circuit. In Shaun Stewart versus the Captain Locher officials, the court vacated the dismissal of a pro se civil rights complaint…

Thanks, Aisha. Now for Michael on constitutional law and habeas corpus.

Thanks, David. We have three substantive cases from today’s docket in this block. The disposition mix includes one affirmation, one denial, and one dismissal. Starting with the Ninth Circuit, Jinwoo Park sought habeas relief but the court denied his petition as untimely under Section twenty-two fifty-four of Title twenty-eight. The panel found Park failed to exercise due diligence in discovering the factual…

Thanks, Michael. Now Maria joins us with business and civil rulings from the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, and Federal Circuits.

Thanks, David. Today’s business and civil docket features nineteen cases across five circuits with twelve affirmances, two split dispositions, one reversal, one vacatur, and four dismissals. Leading the day in the Fifth Circuit, the court reversed a district court dismissal of a Second Amendment challenge to federal provisions known as the Nonresident Handgun Purchase Ban, holding that the ban on cross-state handgun…

Thanks, Maria. Raj joins us next with the immigration and government cases.

Thanks, David. We have eighteen cases on the immigration and government docket today. The disposition rollup shows eight dismissals, eight denials, one remand, and one transfer to district court. Leading with the movements, the Ninth Circuit remanded Raymundo Meza Medina’s petition after finding the government violated his Fifth Amendment due process rights by sending his sole hearing notice to a residential address…

This is David Chen signing off from Do It For The Case Law for Friday, September eighteenth, two thousand twenty-six. Today we covered eighty-nine federal appellate opinions across five circuits. A huge thank you to James Taylor for his seventeen cases on criminal justice and drug trafficking. Thank you to Aisha Johnson for her six cases covering civil rights and employment discrimination. Thanks to Michael Reeves…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Thursday, September 17, 2026.

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Thursday, September seventeenth, 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 thirty-four federal appellate opinions across eight circuits. Our coverage spans criminal justice with James Taylor handling fifteen cases including drug trafficking and firearms offenses; civil rights with Aisha…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Fifteen cases from today’s criminal justice docket: seven affirmances, two dismissals, one reversal and remand, one vacatur and remand, and four other dispositions including a split outcome in the Ninth Circuit. Leading with the reversals and vacaturs, the Eleventh Circuit reversed and remanded in United States v. Gibbs, holding that the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule applied to…

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

Thanks, David. We have five civil rights cases today, all affirmed or dismissed. In the Fourth Circuit, the court affirmed the dismissal of Arthur Love’s Section nineteen eighty-three claim against Steven McAdams, finding no reversible error after a prior remand focused solely on that First Amendment allegation. Moving to the Fifth Circuit, the court affirmed dismissals in two cases: Samuel Kadyebo’s suit was…

Thanks, Aisha. Now for constitutional and habeas developments, here is Michael.

Thanks, David. Two cases on the docket today, one affirmed and one dismissed. In the Eleventh Circuit, the court affirmed the dismissal of Shaun Stewart’s Section nineteen eighty-three complaint against Florida officials without prejudice for failure to prosecute. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing the case after Stewart failed to comply with orders requiring him to pay…

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

Thanks, David. Four cases in this block: one remand, one vacatur and remand, and two affirmances. The Ninth Circuit remanded a wrongful termination case involving Edgewater Services by certifying two unresolved questions of Washington state law to the state Supreme Court regarding whether indirect employers and individuals can be held liable for such claims. Moving to the Sixth Circuit, the court vacated and…

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

Thanks, David. In this block, we have eight substantive cases from three circuits: one affirmed, five denied, and two reversed and remanded. Starting with the Tenth Circuit, Daniel Davison’s complaint was dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because his pro se brief failed to develop legal arguments or rebut the district court’s ruling under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure twenty-eight. Moving to…

That brings us to the end of today’s broadcast on Thursday, September seventeenth, two thousand twenty-six. A huge thank you to our reporters who covered this busy docket. James Taylor handled fifteen cases for us. Aisha Johnson brought us five civil rights decisions. Michael Reeves gave us two constitutional law updates. Maria Santos covered four business and labor matters. And Raj Patel wrapped up eight…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Wednesday, September 16, 2026.

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Wednesday, September sixteenth, 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 forty-one 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. Six cases in this block. Five were affirmed and one was split with a partial reversal and remand. The split outcome comes from the Eleventh Circuit where T. Mueller versus Walmart Corporation saw the court reverse the summary judgment on the malicious-prosecution claim while affirming supplemental jurisdiction over other state-law claims before sending the case back for further proceedings. In the…

Thanks, James. Now Aisha brings us the latest on civil rights and employment law.

Thanks, David. Today we have eleven cases from the First, Tenth, Eleventh, Third, and Fifth Circuits covering civil rights, employment discrimination, and constitutional challenges. The disposition mix includes seven affirmances, one vacatur and remand, one remand, one split outcome of affirmed in part and remanded, and two additional affirmances with procedural nuances. Let’s start with the Eleventh Circuit, which…

Thanks, Aisha. Let’s turn to Michael for the Supreme Court and constitutional law update.

Thanks, David. In this block of four cases from the Eleventh, Fifth, and Ninth Circuits, the court dismissed three appeals and affirmed one sentence. We begin with two dismissals in the Eleventh Circuit involving habeas and sentencing challenges. Richard James Bassett Jr.’s appeal was dismissed sua sponte because his notice of appeal for his Section twenty-two fifty-five motion was filed too late, even applying the…

Thanks, Michael. Now for the business and civil docket, let’s turn to Maria.

Thanks, David. Today in business and civil law, we have eleven cases across five circuits with four affirmances, three dismissals, one denial, one split outcome, and two instances of partial affirmation with reversal or vacation. We begin with the First Circuit’s stay order in a major housing dispute. The panel granted HUD’s motion to pause a lower court ruling that had favored multiple states over a federal notice…

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

Thanks, David. Nine cases on the docket today in immigration and government law. All nine petitions were denied. In the Tenth Circuit, the court denied the petition filed by Alix Simbaqueba Ortiz seeking asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture. The court found substantial evidence supported the Board’s conclusion that the Colombian government was able to control the FARC…

That wraps up Do It For The Case Law for Wednesday, September sixteenth, two thousand twenty-six. Thank you to James Taylor for his six cases on criminal justice, Aisha Johnson for her eleven cases covering civil rights, Michael Reeves for four cases on constitutional law, Maria Santos for eleven cases in business and labor, and Raj Patel for nine cases on immigration and government. Today’s docket featured a…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Tuesday, September 15, 2026.

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Tuesday, September fifteenth, 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 fifty-three federal appellate opinions across nine circuits. Our news team covers the full range of criminal justice appeals including drug trafficking, firearms, and fraud cases alongside civil rights litigation…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Twenty cases today across the First, Eleventh, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Circuits. The disposition rollup includes ten affirmances, four dismissals, one reversal with a remand, one split outcome, and four other affirmed or dismissed cases with notable reasoning. Over in the First Circuit, the court affirmed the denial of a motion to close a trial involving a lottery winner, holding that the…

Thanks, James. Now for civil rights and employment law, I’ll turn to Aisha.

Thanks, David. Ten civil rights cases today with three reversals or remands, one split outcome, five affirmances, and one dismissal. In the Tenth Circuit, Save The Colorado reversed and remanded the lower court’s injunction against Denver Water, holding the Army Corps of Engineers acted lawfully under the Clean Water Act and National Environmental Policy Act in issuing a permit for the Gross Reservoir expansion….

Thanks, Aisha. Michael is next with the day’s constitutional and habeas developments.

Thanks, David. I have four cases to cover today involving habeas corpus, qualified immunity, and jurisdictional questions. The disposition mix includes one dismissal, one denial of a certificate of appealability, one remand, and one vacatur with remand. Let’s start in the Fourth Circuit where the court dismissed an appeal by Mamady Fadima Conde for lack of jurisdiction because the order denying his motion for…

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

Thanks, David. I have eight cases from across the circuits today. The disposition rollup is five affirmances, two dismissals, and one denial. There were no reversals, vacaturs, or remands to lead with, so we begin with the notable procedural outcome in the Fifth Circuit. Olamide Bello versus the United States was dismissed as frivolous because the pro se appellant failed to challenge the district court’s…

Thanks, Maria. Now to Raj for immigration and government cases.

Thanks, David. I have eleven cases from the Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Federal Circuits. The disposition rollup is one reversal in part and remand, one vacatur and remand, two denials, three dismissals, and four affirmances. Starting with the movements: Over in the Ninth Circuit, the court reversed in part and remanded Lee versus Kennedy regarding a due process claim where the petitioner challenged the amount of…

That is the daily rundown for Tuesday, September fifteenth, 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 Monday, September 14, 2026.

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Monday, September fourteenth, 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 forty-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. Fourteen criminal justice cases today across six circuits: ten affirmed, three dismissed, one vacated and remanded, and one split disposition. The most significant movement comes from the Fifth Circuit where a panel opinion was vacated for en banc rehearing in United States versus Cordova. In that case, a majority of active judges voted to rehear the matter, nullifying the prior decision regarding the…

Thanks, James. Now for civil rights and employment matters, let’s turn to Aisha.

Thanks, David. We have five cases in today’s civil rights block. Four were affirmed and one was vacated and remanded. Moving to the Federal Circuit, the court vacated and remanded the patent infringement judgment against NCS Multistage Inc versus Nine Energy Service Inc, holding that the district court erred by defining internal diameter to include both a measured diameter and an inner surface, and improperly adding…

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

Thanks, David. We have four cases today across three circuits. The disposition mix includes one affirmation in the Eleventh Circuit, two dismissals and denials in the Fifth Circuit, and one affirmation in the Ninth Circuit. Starting with the Eleventh Circuit, George Martin challenged his second capital murder conviction in a federal habeas petition. While the court acknowledged that Alabama prosecutors committed…

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

Thanks, David. Twelve cases across four circuits today. The Eleventh Circuit dismissed two appeals for lack of jurisdiction and affirmed one summary judgment. In the case of Ofer versus Isicoff, the court dismissed the appeal because the district court’s order on a recusal motion was not final or immediately appealable. Brian Evans versus StubHub also faced dismissal as the order denying relief from arbitration…

Thanks, Maria. Raj has the latest on immigration and government law.

Thanks, David. Twelve cases today across six circuits: four affirmed, seven dismissed or denied, and one split outcome with a partial reversal. The only reversal comes from the Ninth Circuit in the U-visa case. Petitioners on the waiting list were denied advance parole because the rule makes that grant discretionary rather than mandatory, so the court lacked authority to order USCIS to act. However, the court…

This wraps our Monday, September fourteenth, two thousand twenty-six broadcast of Do It For The Case Law. A massive thank you to James Taylor for his fourteen cases, Aisha Johnson for her five cases, Michael Reeves for his four cases, Maria Santos for her twelve cases, and Raj Patel for his twelve cases. Today’s docket saw thirty-five affirmances, seven dismissals, and four other dispositions. The most significant…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Friday, September 11, 2026.

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Friday, September eleventh, 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 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 advice.

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Here are seventeen cases from the First, Tenth, Eleventh, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Circuits. The disposition rollup is fourteen affirmances, two dismissals, one vacatur and remand, and one split outcome. Starting with movements that changed the lower court result: in the First Circuit, the court vacated and remanded Jose Miguel Pena de la Cruz’s case, ruling that dismissing his indictment with…

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

Thanks, David. Aisha Johnson with eight civil rights cases from Friday, September eleventh, two thousand twenty-six. The disposition rollup is five affirmed, one dismissed, and one reversed and remanded. Leading the day, the Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded Michael Erwine’s case against tribal officers, holding that tribal sovereign immunity does not bar suits seeking money damages from employees in their…

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

Thanks, David. Twelve cases in this block. Eleven were affirmed or denied with one reversal and remand, while the remaining case was a grouped affirmation. In the First Circuit, the court affirmed dismissal of claims against the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and Kate Walsh but vacated and remanded regarding the Montachusett Regional Transit Authority and Jerry McDonald because the district court held…

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

Thanks, David. I have twenty cases today. The disposition rollup shows seventeen affirmed, one dismissed, one reversed, one remanded, and one split outcome. Let’s start with the reversal in the Fifth Circuit where the court held that a district court abused its discretion in denying a motion to intervene because it miscalculated the timing of when the intervenors should have known their interests were not adequately…

Thanks, Maria. Now Raj has the government and immigration docket.

Thanks, David. Three cases on today’s government and immigration docket. One dismissal, one reversal in part and affirmation in part, and one vacatur with remand. In the Eleventh Circuit, Laurel Onyx Coale versus Lifewave was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction because the appellate court cannot review an interlocutory order compelling arbitration that leaves the underlying case pending. Over in the Ninth Circuit,…

That wraps up today’s broadcast of Do It For The Case Law for Friday, September eleventh, two thousand twenty-six. A huge thank you to our reporting team: James Taylor, Aisha Johnson, Michael Reeves, Maria Santos, and Raj Patel. Today’s docket featured one reversal or remand, which stands as the most significant legal development of the day. We also saw forty-six affirmances, seven dismissals, and six other…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Thursday, September 10, 2026.

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Thursday, September tenth, 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 forty-nine 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 advice.

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Twenty-one criminal justice cases across six circuits. The disposition rollup: ten affirmed, seven dismissed, one denied, three vacated and remanded, one reversed and remanded, and one split outcome affirming some claims while reversing others. Starting with the Tenth Circuit in Horocofsky versus City of Lawrence. The court affirmed dismissal of federal civil rights claims for malicious prosecution…

Thanks, James. Now for the civil rights roundup, let’s turn to Aisha.

Thanks, David. I have five cases today across the Eleventh, Fifth, and Seventh Circuits. Four were affirmed and one was split with a partial vacatur and remand. Starting in the Eleventh Circuit, there is a split outcome in Syurii-Kaira Smith versus Birge & Held Property Management. The court affirmed summary judgment on her federal retaliation and disability claims but vacated the dismissal of her state law…

Thanks, Aisha. Michael is next with the constitutional law and habeas corpus rulings.

Thanks, David. Michael Reeves here. Nine cases in this block. Four were affirmed, three dismissed or denied, and two reversed or remanded. We begin with the reversal in the Fifth Circuit involving Donatus Ozoani. The court held that an inmate was not required to exhaust administrative remedies before filing a habeas petition because pursuing those remedies would have been a patently futile course of action given the…

Thanks, Michael. Let’s turn to Maria.

Thanks, David. We have six cases in this block: one reversed, one remanded, one dismissed, one denied, and three affirmed. Starting with the Sixth Circuit, the court reversed a thirty-one-point-eight million dollar contract judgment against Hello Farms because federal courts cannot enforce agreements founded on conduct that violates the Controlled Substances Act, regardless of state law protections. Moving to the…

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

Thanks, David. Eight cases in this block: three dismissals, four denials, and one affirmation. The Ninth Circuit led with a denial in Latu versus Blanche, where the court affirmed the Board of Immigration Appeals’ refusal to grant a discretionary waiver of inadmissibility under Section two-twelve(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, finding no abuse of discretion despite the petitioner’s long residence and…

That wraps today’s broadcast for Do It For The Case Law, Thursday, September tenth, two thousand twenty-six. A huge thank you to our reporters: James Taylor for his coverage of twenty-one cases, Aisha Johnson with five, Michael Reeves with nine, Maria Santos with six, and Raj Patel with eight. Today’s docket featured one significant reversal or remand alongside twenty-two affirmances, five other dispositions, and…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Wednesday, September 9, 2026.

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Wednesday, September ninth, 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 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 advice.

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Twenty-eight cases in today’s criminal justice roundup. The disposition mix includes fourteen affirmances, seven dismissals, two vacaturs with remands, and three remands without a specific vacatur designation, alongside one split outcome where some counts were affirmed while others were vacated. Starting with the Tenth Circuit, the court remanded United States versus Cooper, holding that the Double…

Thanks, James. Next, Aisha with the civil rights roundup.

Thanks, David. Today we are covering twenty-three civil rights cases across six circuits. The disposition mix includes thirteen affirmances, four dismissals, one vacatur, and five reversals or remands. Leading with the Tenth Circuit, Gardner v. State of New Mexico saw a mixed outcome where the court affirmed dismissal against state agencies based on Eleventh Amendment immunity but vacated the dismissal against…

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

Thanks, David. We have eight substantive opinions today across four circuits. Three were affirmed, three were dismissed, and one was vacated and remanded. Let’s begin with the Tenth Circuit, where the panel in Black Emergency Response Team versus Drummond vacated a preliminary injunction and remanded the case for further proceedings. The court held that the district court abused its discretion by ruling Oklahoma…

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

Thanks, David. Nine total cases before us today across four circuits. The disposition mix includes five affirmances, three dismissals, one reversal and remand, and one vacatur and remand. We begin with the unusual denial in the Eleventh Circuit where the court dismissed an appeal sua sponte for lack of jurisdiction because the district court’s order striking inquiry regarding a grand jury presentation was not a…

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

Thanks, David. We have two cases on the docket today: one dismissal and one denial. First, in the Eleventh Circuit, the court dismissed a petition for review by Miguel Angel Fernandez against the United States Attorney General. The petitioner sought to reopen removal proceedings based on convictions involving controlled substances and a firearms offense. The court held it lacked subject matter jurisdiction because…

This wraps today’s broadcast from Do It For The Case Law on Wednesday, September ninth, two thousand twenty-six. A massive thanks to our reporters who brought you the day’s opinions. James Taylor covered twenty-eight cases in criminal justice. Aisha Johnson handled twenty-three cases on civil rights. Michael Reeves analyzed eight cases involving Supreme Court and constitutional law. Maria Santos reported on nine…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Tuesday, September 8, 2026.

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Tuesday, September 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 fifty-two 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 advice.

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Fourteen criminal justice cases today across six circuits. Thirteen were affirmed, one was dismissed twice for lack of nonfrivolous issues, and one case was vacated and remanded for a clerical fix to the written judgment. Starting in the Tenth Circuit, George Ostertag’s conviction for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon under Section eighteen U.S.C. nine hundred twenty-four section A one four…

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

Thanks, David. Ten cases in today’s civil rights roundup: four affirmances, one dismissal, two reversals, and one vacatur and remand. Leading with the movements, the Third Circuit reversed a dismissal in National Shooting Sports Foundation versus Attorney General New Jersey, holding that recent enforcement actions against gun manufacturers created an imminent threat of prosecution sufficient for standing under…

Thanks, Aisha. Now for constitutional law and habeas developments, here is Michael.

Thanks, David. We have six substantive opinions today. The disposition rollup includes two reversals or remands, one vacatur with a remand, and three affirmances. Let’s start with the movement cases. In the Tenth Circuit, the court vacated and remanded in United States versus Martin, finding that Nancy Martin adequately alleged ineffective assistance of counsel regarding her bank fraud conviction because her lawyer…

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

Thanks, David. We have ten substantive business and civil rulings today across four circuits. The disposition rollup shows three reversals or vacaturs with remands, two denials of petitions for review, and five affirmances. Starting in the First Circuit, the court vacated and remanded a summary judgment in favor of The Children’s Hospital Corporation in a dispute involving a royalty-sharing policy under…

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

Thanks, David. Twelve cases across six circuits today: one vacatur-remand, one split remand-and-affirmance, nine denials, and one affirmance. The most significant movement comes from the Third Circuit, which vacated a water quality certification for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company’s Northeast Supply Enhancement Project, ruling that New Jersey acted arbitrarily by deferring critical monitoring terms to future…

That brings us to the end of today’s broadcast on Tuesday, September eighth, two thousand twenty-six. A huge thank you to James Taylor for covering fourteen cases in criminal justice. Thank you to Aisha Johnson for ten cases on civil rights. Michael Reeves brought us six stories on Supreme Court and constitutional law. Maria Santos handled ten cases in business, labor, and civil matters. And Raj Patel wrapped up…

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