Federal appellate daily recap for Monday, July 27, 2026.

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Monday July 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 the docket is substantial with eighty cases across nine circuits. Our team will cover criminal justice including drug trafficking and firearms, civil rights matters ranging from employment discrimination to Section nineteen eighty-three…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Thirty cases in this block. Twenty-one were affirmed, three dismissed, two vacated and remanded, one split outcome, and three denied or terminated without reaching the merits. We start with the reversals and splits. In the Fourth Circuit, Kenada Jaqu’s sentence was vacated and remanded because the district court wrongly denied her Sixth Amendment right to self-representation at sentencing; a…

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

Thanks, David. I have eighteen cases from the Tenth, Eleventh, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits to cover. In this block, fourteen were affirmed, one was dismissed, one was reversed and remanded, and three were split outcomes with a reversal in part and affirmation in part. We begin with the split outcome from the Eighth Circuit. The court reviewed a Section nineteen eighty-three excessive force…

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

Thanks, David. In this block of ten cases from the Fourth and Fifth Circuits, we had four dismissals, five affirmances, one split outcome with partial reversal, and two vacaturs remanded for new proceedings. First, the Fourth Circuit saw two significant movements: Donald Wayne Barksdale’s civil rights action was vacated and remanded because he only has two valid strikes under the Prison Litigation Reform Act,…

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

Thanks, David. Maria Santos with fifteen cases from the First through Eighth Circuits. The disposition rollup shows one reversal, two vacaturs with remands, and twelve affirmances or dismissals. Starting with the reversals and movements, the Seventh Circuit reversed a dismissal in a consumer protection case against Chobani, holding that plaintiffs plausibly alleged deceptive marketing regarding allulose labeling and…

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

Thanks, David. Today we have seven cases from the Eleventh, Fourth, and Sixth Circuits covering immigration appeals, administrative agency review, and civil procedure. In terms of dispositions, two petitions were dismissed, three judgments were affirmed, one was denied, and one case was vacated and remanded. We begin with a split outcome in the Sixth Circuit where the court vacated a district court decision…

That wraps up today’s broadcast for Monday, July twenty-seventh, two thousand twenty-six. Thank you to James Taylor for covering thirty cases on criminal justice, Aisha Johnson for eighteen civil rights cases, Michael Reeves for ten constitutional law opinions, Maria Santos for fifteen business and labor matters, and Raj Patel for seven immigration and government appeals. Today’s docket featured one significant…

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