“Ruling: San Diego officers used reasonable force when police dog bit sleeping woman.” Kristina Davis of The San Diego Union-Tribune has this report on a 10-to-1 ruling that an en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

Guess who’s issuing published D.C. Circuit opinions again? Today. Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland issued his first published opinion for that Court since his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court expired.

“Twitter Users Blocked by Trump Seek Reprieve, Citing First Amendment”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this report.

“Go Ahead. Eat Pink Slime.” Alexander Aciman has this essay online at The New York Times. And in today’s edition of that newspaper, Niraj Chokshi has an article headlined “Trial Will Decide if ABC News Sullied a Company With ‘Pink Slime.’”

In local coverage of the trial, Nick Hytrek of The Sioux City (Iowa) Journal has articles headlined “Jurors hear 2 sides on first day of BPI defamation case” and “Survey showed people didn’t think BPI product was beef.”

And at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has posts titled “ABC ‘Pink Slime’ Trial Opens With Scathing Attacks on Media Bias, Corporate Secrecy” and “Marketing Expert Testifies ABC’s ‘Pink Slime’ Reports Influenced Negative Perceptions.”

“New challenge to labor union support fees”: Lyle Denniston has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center. You can view the cert. petition at this link.

“Sessions Is Said to Have Offered to Resign”: Maggie Haberman and Peter Baker of The New York Times have this report.

And Michael S. Schmidt and Matt Apuzzo of The New York Times have an article headlined “Comey Told Sessions: Don’t Leave Me Alone With Trump.”

“Is Trump Trying to Lose? Three ways Monday’s bizarre tweetstorm sabotages his administration’s defense of the travel ban.” Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Can Bipartisan Criminal-Justice Reform Survive in the Trump Era?” Justin George has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Sixth Circuit Appeals Court Latest To Say Real-Time Cellphone Location Tracking Not A Fourth Amendment Issue”: Tim Cushing of Techdirt has this post about a per curiam ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued yesterday.

“How to Influence Trump”: Online at The New Yorker, Ryan Lizza has a post that begins, “George Conway, the wealthy conservative lawyer and husband of Kellyanne Conway, President Trump’s counsellor, prefers to stay in the background.”

And Amy Davidson has a post titled “Trump’s ‘Travel Ban’ Tweets Show His Disdain for His Lawyers.”

“Jeff Sessions suggested he could resign amid rising tension with President Trump”: Jonathan Karl of ABC News has this report.

“Gov. Andrew Cuomo could pick first LGBT judge for high court”: Jon Campbell of The Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat & Chronicle has this report.

“New York City curb on sex shops is constitutional: NY top court.” Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the New York State Court of Appeals issued today.

“Trump tweets could create ethics headaches for DOJ lawyers”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today.

The post comes with its own trigger-warning, sure to inspire many “How Appealing” readers to click-through: “Quote in 8th paragraph may be objectionable to some readers.”

“New high court challenge to labor unions follows 4-4 split”: Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Conservative groups are wasting little time in trying to deal a crippling blow to labor unions now that Justice Neil Gorsuch has joined the Supreme Court.”

In today’s mail: I received a copy of the new book “Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude,” by Sixth Circuit Judge Raymond M. Kethledge and Michael S. Erwin. The book is scheduled to go on sale on June 13, 2017.

Judge Kethledge included a kind note commemorating this blog’s recent 15th birthday above his signature inside the book’s front cover.

“Professor Amy Coney Barrett — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”