Federal appellate daily recap for Friday, June 5, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
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3. 0:00 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
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5. 0:00 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
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7. 0:00 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
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9. 0:00 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
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11. 0:00 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
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Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Friday, June fifth, 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-five federal appellate opinions across eight circuits. Our coverage includes a major criminal justice block with sixteen cases covering drug trafficking, firearms, and supervised release issues; a significant civil rights…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Sixteen cases in this block: ten affirmed, four dismissed, one denied, one reversed, and two vacated with remand. Leading with the changes to lower court rulings, the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s denial of qualified immunity for three San Francisco police officers sued under Section nineteen eighty-three over a wrongful incarceration claim involving familial association rights. The Fourth…

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

Thanks, David. Three cases in this block: one reversed and remanded, and two affirmed. The Federal Circuit reversed and remanded the Veterans Court’s denial of attorneys’ fees to Marcos Greenidge under the Equal Access to Justice Act because his appeal resulted in a material alteration of the legal relationship between the parties, qualifying him as a prevailing party despite the dismissal of his underlying appeal….

Thanks, Aisha. Let’s turn to Michael for the constitutional and habeas coverage.

Thanks, David. Nine cases on today’s constitutional docket. The disposition rollup is three affirmances, two denials, one reversal, one vacatur and remand, and one denial of a petition for a writ of mandamus that was deemed moot. Leading the day, the Seventh Circuit vacated and remanded a civil rights suit alleging forced labor against Kenosha County, Wisconsin. The court held that the term whoever in Section…

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

Thanks, David. Twelve cases today across five circuits. Ten were affirmed or denied, one was reversed and remanded, and one was granted and remanded. The major movement comes from the First Circuit, where a securities fraud class action against iRobot was remanded on claims alleging material misrepresentations in a proxy statement regarding regulatory approvals. Over in the Ninth Circuit, a petition for review was…

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

Thanks, David. Five cases on the docket today across three circuits. The disposition mix includes one split outcome, two denials, and two dismissals. Leading with the only case that changed a lower court result, the Ninth Circuit affirmed in part and remanded in part in Roggenkamp versus Morgan Stanley Medical Plan. The court held that while Cigna did not operate under a conflict of interest because the plan was…

That wraps up Friday, June the fifth, two thousand twenty-six. A huge thank you to our reporting team: James Taylor for his coverage of sixteen cases, Aisha Johnson on three civil rights matters, Michael Reeves with nine constitutional and habeas stories, Maria Santos covering twelve business and labor disputes, and Raj Patel with five immigration and government appeals. Today’s docket saw two significant reversals…

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