Federal Daily Recap: Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Federal appellate daily recap for Wednesday, July 15, 2026.

Table of contents

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:50 David Chen
3. 0:52 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 3:26 David Chen
5. 3:31 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 6:15 David Chen
7. 6:19 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 6:55 David Chen
9. 6:59 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 8:04 David Chen
11. 8:08 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 9:09 David Chen

Coverage

Opening headlines

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Wednesday July 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 sixty cases across nine federal circuits. Our coverage spans criminal justice with James Taylor handling drug trafficking, firearms, fraud, and sentencing issues. Aisha Johnson brings you civil rights developments…

David Chen

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

James Taylor: Criminal Justice

Thanks, David. Twenty-eight criminal justice cases across the circuits today. The disposition rollup shows twenty-four affirmances, three dismissals, one dismissal for mootness, and one reversal with remand. Leading with the movement case, the Ninth Circuit reversed a lower court ruling on qualified immunity in S.L. versus County of Riverside, holding that officers conducting an hours-long manhunt against an armed…

David Chen

Thanks, James. Next, Aisha brings us the civil rights and employment rulings.

Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional

Thanks, David. Today’s civil rights docket features eleven cases across six circuits. The disposition rollup shows eight affirmances, one dismissal, and two reversals with remands. Leading with the changes to lower court rulings, the Sixth Circuit reversed a district court’s reduction of attorney’s fees in a First Amendment sidewalk ministry case, holding that a fifty percent cut based on alleged duplication was…

David Chen

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

Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional

Thanks, David. Two cases in this block: one dismissed as moot and one affirmed in part and reversed in part. In the Fifth Circuit, the court dismissed Michael Esposito’s appeal as moot because his scheduled release from federal custody eliminated any live case or controversy for relief regarding eligibility for a halfway house, leaving the district court’s prior order unreviewed on the merits. Moving to the Ninth…

David Chen

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

Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory

Thanks, David. We have eight cases today: two reversals, one reversal-remand, three affirmances, and two denials. Over in the Ninth Circuit, a lease amendment was reversed because the court found that unanimous consent was required to change use restrictions even though the contract modifier only applied to purposes. The same court also reversed and remanded a qui tam action under the False Claims Act, ruling that…

David Chen

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

Raj Patel: Immigration & Government

Thanks, David. We have eleven cases from the Eleventh, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits: seven denials, two affirmances, one reversal and remand, and one split disposition. In the Eleventh Circuit, Alessandra Arenales-Salgado-de-Oliveira versus Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services was split. The court affirmed dismissal of the domestic petitioners’ claims, while vacating and…

David Chen

That brings us to the end of Do It For The Case Law for Wednesday, July fifteenth, two thousand twenty-six. Thank you to James Taylor for covering twenty-eight cases on criminal justice, Aisha Johnson for eleven civil rights cases, Michael Reeves for two constitutional law opinions, Maria Santos for eight business and labor matters, and Raj Patel for eleven immigration and government appeals. Today’s docket saw one…

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