Federal Daily Recap: Thursday, July 16, 2026

Federal appellate daily recap for Thursday, July 16, 2026.

Table of contents

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:42 David Chen
3. 0:44 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 3:02 David Chen
5. 3:04 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 4:27 David Chen
7. 4:31 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 5:39 David Chen
9. 5:43 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 8:20 David Chen
11. 8:25 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 10:05 David Chen

Coverage

Opening headlines

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Thursday, July sixteenth, 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 forty-eight federal appellate opinions across ten circuits. Our coverage includes criminal justice matters with James Taylor, civil rights and employment issues with Aisha Johnson, Supreme Court and constitutional law…

David Chen

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

James Taylor: Criminal Justice

Thanks, David. Seventeen criminal justice cases across the circuits today. The disposition mix includes eight affirmances, one dismissal, one denial of a motion, three reversals or vacaturs with remands, and four other dispositions including a dismissal and denials. We begin with movements on appeal. In the First Circuit, the court vacated and remanded the case against Kevin Jadiel Figueroa-Roman after finding the…

David Chen

Thanks, James. Aisha has the civil rights coverage.

Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional

Thanks, David. We have four cases in this block, all affirmed. In the Tenth Circuit, the court affirmed summary judgment for the Creek County Sheriff and Turn Key Health Clinics in White against Bowling, dismissing a Section nineteen eighty-three claim that officials were deliberately indifferent to an inmate’s serious medical needs before his death. The court required expert testimony to prove causation given the…

David Chen

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

Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional

Thanks, David. We have five cases in this block: three affirmances, one denial of a certificate of appealability, and one dismissal. Starting with the Tenth Circuit, the court affirmed Willie Davis’s habeas denial, holding that the statutory exemption for military institutions does not apply to federal civilian prisons like ADX, so the Bureau of Prisons retained authority to revoke his good conduct time. The same…

David Chen

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

Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory

Thanks, David. We have fourteen cases on the docket today. The disposition mix includes eight affirmances, one dismissal, two denials of review, two vacaturs and remands, one vacatur with partial affirmation, and one other ruling involving a denial of rehearing. We begin in the Fifth Circuit where two cases were decided. First, the court affirmed the lower courts’ judgment holding that the Ayers parties willfully…

David Chen

Thanks, Maria. Raj joins us now with the latest on immigration appeals and government agency reviews.

Raj Patel: Immigration & Government

Thanks, David. We have eight cases to cover today across five circuits. The disposition rollup is two reversals and one vacatur-remand, one dismissal, and four denials or affirmances. Leading with the movements, the Federal Circuit reversed a Commerce determination in a steel subsidy case involving Dongbu Steel, finding that the agency correctly re-evaluated debt-to-equity conversions to find countervailable…

David Chen

That brings us to the end of our broadcast for Thursday, July the sixteenth, two thousand twenty-six. We want to thank James Taylor for covering seventeen cases on criminal justice, Aisha Johnson for four civil rights updates, Michael Reeves with five constitutional law stories, Maria Santos for fourteen business and labor matters, and Raj Patel for eight immigration and government reviews. Today’s docket saw…

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