“U.S. reaches tentative settlement in excessive PACER fees lawsuit”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Misconduct complaint against Judge Emmet G. Sullivan is formally dismissed”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has a report that begins, “The chief judge of the federal appeals court in Washington on Tuesday dismissed a misconduct complaint against U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan seeking his removal from a local commission that recommends judicial nominees to the president.”

Earlier this month, Marimow had a related article headlined “Two judges, one courthouse and an unusual accusation of unethical conduct.”

“Ex-Louisiana judge G. Thomas Porteous, last to be impeached by U.S. Senate, dies at 74”: John Simerman of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.

“Challenges to Workplace Vaccine Mandate Moved to Appeals Court in Cincinnati; The consolidation removes the case from a Fifth Circuit panel that had blocked the Biden administration from moving forward with it”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this report.

Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Challenges to Biden Vaccine Rules Will Come Before Ohio-Based U.S. Appeals Court; Conservative-leaning Sixth Circuit is designated as referee for cases related to vaccine-and-testing rules for private employers.”

Mark A. Kellner of The Washington Times reports that “Vaccine mandate challenges to be consolidated at 6th Circuit Court.”

Geoff Mulvihill of The Associated Press reports that “GOP-majority court chosen to consider Biden vaccine mandate.”

Tom Hals of Reuters reports that “Lawsuits challenging Biden workplace vaccine rule sent to 6th Circuit.”

Robert Iafolla of Bloomberg Law reports that “Sixth Circuit Wins Lottery to Weigh Biden Shot-or-Test Rule.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Conservative-leaning appeals court to hear challenges to Biden’s vaccine mandate after ping-pong ball lottery.”

Rebecca Rainey of Politico reports that “Biden’s vaccine-or-test mandate to go before Cincinnati-based federal court; The mandate will be tested before a court with a majority of Republican appointees.”

Spencer Kimball of CNBC reports that “Legal battle over Biden Covid vaccine mandate heads to federal appeals court with GOP-appointed majority.”

And Andrea Hsu of NPR reports that “6th Circuit Court ‘wins’ lottery to hear lawsuits against Biden’s vaccine rule.”

You can view today’s order of the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation at this link.

“John Roberts Did This to Himself; Journalists often portray Chief Justice Roberts as a tragic hero marginalized by his more conservative colleagues; But the Court is as conservative as it is today because Roberts spent his career building it”: Emmett Witkovsky-Eldred has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Supreme Court Justice Stegall wary of judicial bias among ‘bourgeois, polite society’; Justice tells symposium decision-making process riddled by paradoxes”: Tim Carpenter of Kansas Reflector has this report.

“Interview: Steve Vladeck.” Hannah Saraf has this post at the “High School SCOTUS” blog.

“Americans broadly support Supreme Court upholding Roe v. Wade and oppose Texas abortion law, Post-ABC poll finds”: Scott Clement, William Bishop, and Robert Barnes of The Washington Post have this report. You can directly access the poll results via this link.