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D.C. Circuit affirms Thomas Sibick's detention order
The court of appeals affirmed through a short Rule 36 judgment in No. 21-3015, without a published precedential opinion.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadD.C. Circuit affirms Julian Khater detention order
A unanimous D.C. Circuit panel affirmed the May 12 detention order in appeal No. 21-3033. The judgment addressed release conditions and community safety, not the ultimate merits of the indictment.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadScott Fairlamb’s direct appeal docketed
D.C. Circuit appeal No. 21-3083 was opened from the district-court judgment; the appeal was later voluntarily dismissed according to the 2023 district-court opinion.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadD.C. Circuit affirms Lang pretrial detention
The D.C. Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of release in No. 21-3066. The ruling addressed detention and community-safety findings, not guilt on the pending indictment.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadDouglas Jensen’s D.C. Circuit appeal docketed
D.C. Circuit appeal No. 22-3100 was opened from district-court case No. 1:21-cr-00006-TJK-1. The captured public listing does not show the later appellate disposition.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadD.C. Circuit reinstates obstruction counts in Fischer, Lang, and Miller cases
The D.C. Circuit reversed the district-court dismissals in consolidated appeal Nos. 22-3038, 22-3039, and 22-3041. The Supreme Court later narrowed the statute in Fischer.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadPeter J. Schwartz’s D.C. Circuit appeal docketed as No. 23-3075
The D.C. Circuit docketed Schwartz’s appeal from D.D.C. No. 1:21-cr-00178-APM-1 and consolidated it with Jeffrey Scott Brown’s appeal. The published opinion later identifies the consolidated matters as Nos. 23-3074, 23-3075, and 23-3104.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadRichard Barnett files direct appeal
The D.C. Circuit opened appeal No. 23-3086 from the district-court judgment in No. 1:21-cr-00038-CRC-1.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadBrian Mock appeal docketed in D.C. Circuit
Appeal No. 24-3027 was opened from D.D.C. case 1:21-cr-00444-JEB-1. The public mirror reviewed for this archive contains only the opening entries, so no final appellate outcome is claimed.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadDaniel Morrissey resentenced to three years of probation
After the D.C. Circuit remanded for resentencing in light of United States v. Little, the district court resentenced Morrissey to three years of probation. The October 15, 2025 order confirms this procedural history.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadD.C. Circuit affirms Thomas Webster convictions and sentence
The D.C. Circuit affirmed in No. 22-3064 after reviewing venue, jury impartiality, cross-examination, jury-instruction, and sentencing claims.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadStephen Michael Baker D.C. Circuit appeal docketed
The D.C. Circuit docketed No. 24-3082 from the underlying district prosecution, No. 1:24-cr-00121-CRC-1. The docket entry verifies identity and procedural posture, not the merits.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadSupreme Court vacates Lang appellate judgment after Fischer
The Supreme Court granted Lang’s petition, vacated the D.C. Circuit judgment, and remanded for reconsideration in light of Fischer v. United States. The order concerned the obstruction issue and did not resolve the other pending counts.
📍 Supreme Court of the United States
ReadRebecca Lavrenz appeal docketed as No. 24-3105
The D.C. Circuit docketed Lavrenz’s appeal from D.D.C. No. 1:23-cr-00066-ZMF-1. Final appellate disposition remains unverified.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadD.C. Circuit orders Anthony Williams obstruction conviction vacated
Following Fischer, the D.C. Circuit mandate ordered Williams’s felony §1512(c)(2) conviction vacated. The native mandate remains pending capture.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadD.C. Circuit vacates obstruction count and finds Fifth Amendment violation
The D.C. Circuit vacated Schwartz’s § 1512(c)(2) conviction after Fischer, remanded for resentencing, and held that compelling him to unlock his cellphone violated the Fifth Amendment. The district court was directed to determine which, if any, remaining counts were affected; the court denied the other appellate claims.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadAndy Steven Oliva-Lopez appeal docketed in D.C. Circuit
A notice of appeal from district case No. 1:24-cr-00343-LLA-1 opened D.C. Circuit No. 25-3010.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadD.C. Circuit vacates judgment and remands
The D.C. Circuit vacated the district-court judgment and remanded with instructions to dismiss the case as moot following the pardon.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadBarnett case dismissed after pardon
Reporting on the court filings states that the government sought vacatur, the D.C. Circuit remanded, and the district case was dismissed as moot. The reported order stated that dismissal was not a judicial finding of innocence.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadD.C. Circuit dismissal reported after Barnett pardon
Arkansas reporting states that the appellate case was dismissed following the pardon. The native dismissal order remains pending capture.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadGovernment files unopposed motion to vacate in Oliva-Lopez appeal
The public docket snapshot records an unopposed government motion to vacate. No later order or mandate was verified in this review.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadWilliam Pope files D.C. Circuit appeal No. 25-3102
The D.C. Circuit docket records an appeal from D.D.C. case 1:21-cr-00128-RC-1. No final appellate outcome has been verified.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadDOJ Requests Vacatur of Rhodes Convictions
DOJ asked the D.C. Circuit to vacate and remand for dismissal. The request was not itself a final ruling.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadD.C. Circuit Vacates Oath Keepers Judgments
Published reporting and the court-file index indicate that the D.C. Circuit vacated the affected Oath Keepers judgments and remanded for consideration of a government motion to dismiss. The native appellate order remains a capture target.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadD.C. Circuit Vacates Four Proud Boys Judgments
The D.C. Circuit granted the government’s unopposed motion and vacated the judgments of Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, and Dominic Pezzola on May 21, 2026. The action is verified through Judge Kelly’s later memorandum citing appellate docket No. 2174532; the native appellate order remains pending capture.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadUnited States v. Nordean dismissed with prejudice
On July 10, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the government's unopposed Rule 48(a) motion and dismissed Criminal Action No. 21-175 with prejudice as to Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, and Dominic Pezzola. The D.C. Circuit had already vacated their judgments on May 21, 2026.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadD.C. Circuit affirms Peter Navarro contempt judgment
On July 21, 2026, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed Peter K. Navarro’s two contempt-of-Congress convictions. The panel held that executive privilege must be invoked by a president or an authorized designee and upheld the district court’s finding that no such invocation occurred for the January 6 Select Committee subpoena. Navarro’s counsel stated that further appellate review was planned.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadCourt certifies January 6 Pence-tweet immunity question for appellate review
Judge Amit P. Mehta declined to reconsider his earlier official-act immunity treatment of Donald J. Trump’s January 6, 2021 2:24 p.m. tweet concerning Mike Pence, while certifying the narrow immunity issue for interlocutory D.C. Circuit review. The procedural ruling did not resolve the consolidated civil claims on their merits.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
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