Emergency docket
Shadow docket tracker
Emergency applications ask the Court for fast, temporary action — pausing or restoring lower-court orders while appeals continue. Extension-of-time requests are not tracked.
Awaiting action
0
Granted
2
Includes partial grants
Denied
14
Divided orders
1
Median 46 days to ruling
Awaiting action
No substantive emergency applications are awaiting action right now.
Recent rulings
- Kathryn Copeland v. Tarrant County, Texas25A1368 · Injunction application · Ruled August 17, 2026Denied
- Huguette Young v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County26A50 · Stay application · Ruled August 17, 2026Denied
- Laura Grice v. Ron Desantis25A1456 · Injunction application · Ruled August 17, 2026Denied
- Phillip Leiser v. Cleo Powell25A1450 · Injunction application · Ruled August 17, 2026Denied
- Nickie Kane v. Brad Lander25A1386 · Stay application · Ruled July 20, 2026Denied
Nickie Kane asked the Supreme Court for a stay (a temporary pause) of a lower-court ruling. The ruling came from the Court of Appeals of New York in Nickie Kane v. Brad Lander, et al. The docket does not describe the dispute further.
- Nickie Kane v. Seamus Campbell25A1385 · Stay application · Ruled July 20, 2026Denied
Nickie Kane asked the Supreme Court for a stay (a temporary pause) of a ruling from the Court of Appeals of New York. The docket identifies the case as Nickie Kane v. Seamus Campbell, et al., but it does not describe the dispute's subject. It shows only that Kane wanted the New York court's ruling paused while the case continued.
- Connie S. Main v. Rebecca L. Lundeen25A1355 · Stay application · Ruled July 20, 2026Denied
Connie S. Main asked the Supreme Court for a stay (a temporary pause) and to recall the Illinois Supreme Court's mandate (its formal order). The docket says only that Main's dispute with Rebecca L. Lundeen involves a ruling from the Supreme Court of Illinois.
- Computer & Communications Industry Association v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas25A1390 · Vacatur application · Ruled July 6, 2026Denied
Computer & Communications Industry Association asked the Supreme Court to undo a Fifth Circuit stay (a temporary pause). The application is in its case against Ken Paxton, the Attorney General of Texas. This record does not describe the case's subject matter; it identifies only the Fifth Circuit's stay as the order under challenge.
- Students Engaged in Advancing Texas v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas25A1389 · Vacatur application · Ruled July 6, 2026Denied
Students Engaged in Advancing Texas and other applicants asked the Supreme Court to vacate (undo) a stay (a temporary pause). The case is Students Engaged in Advancing Texas and others v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, and it challenges a Fifth Circuit stay.
- Catherine Herridge v. Yanping Chen25A1448 · Stay application · Ruled July 2, 2026Denied
Applicant Catherine Herridge asked the Supreme Court to stay (temporarily pause) the D.C. Circuit's mandate in case No. 24-5050. The docket does not describe the dispute's subject, only that the case is Catherine Herridge v. Yanping Chen, et al., in the D.C. Circuit.
Noted dissent: Justice Kavanaugh
- Todd Blanche v. Shira Perlmutter25A478 · Stay application · Ruled June 30, 2026Denied
Todd Blanche and others asked the Supreme Court to grant a stay, meaning a temporary pause, of a D.C. Circuit ruling. The docket record does not describe the dispute's subject, only that it is Blanche and others' case against Shira Perlmutter. The application was referred to the full Court and later deferred pending Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook.
- Lavon Parks v. United States25A1305 · Bail application · Ruled June 29, 2026Denied
Lavon Parks and other applicants asked the Supreme Court to order their release or grant bail while review continues. The docket record does not say what the underlying dispute is about. It shows only that this request came from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Parks v. United States.
- Peyman Roshan v. Chika Sunquist25A1319 · Stay application · Ruled June 29, 2026Denied
Peyman Roshan asked the Supreme Court for a stay (a temporary pause) of a lower-court ruling in his case against Chika Sunquist and others. The application concerns a ruling from the Ninth Circuit, but the docket does not describe the underlying dispute beyond those parties.
- Peyman Roshan v. Melanie Lawrence25A1317 · Stay application · Ruled June 29, 2026Denied
Peyman Roshan asked the Supreme Court for a stay (a temporary pause) of a lower-court ruling. The case is Peyman Roshan v. Melanie Lawrence, et al. The record does not describe the dispute's subject. It says only that Roshan wanted to pause a ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
- Donald J. Trump, President of the United States v. Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot25A999 · Stay application · Ruled March 16, 2026Granted
President Donald J. Trump and other applicants asked the Supreme Court for a stay (a temporary pause) of a D.C. Circuit ruling. The case is Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, et al. The record here does not say what the D.C. Circuit ruling was about. It does show a related stay application, 25A952, and later Supreme Court cases 25-1083 and 25-1084.
- Markwayne Mullin, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security v. Dahlia Doe25A952 · Stay application · Ruled March 16, 2026Granted
Markwayne Mullin, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and other federal applicants asked the Supreme Court for a stay (a temporary pause) of a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The case is Mullin v. Dahlia Doe, and the record does not describe the underlying merits beyond that Second Circuit ruling. The docket also shows filings by groups including Haitian TPS Holders, the Federation for American Immigration Reform, and Former Federal and State Judges.
Dissents and statements on orders
- Jones v. United States25-524 · June 30, 2026 · SSDissent from denial
- Doe v. Hochul24-1015 · June 29, 2026 · NGDissent from denial
- Dershowitz v. Cable News Network, Inc.25-770 · June 29, 2026 · TDissent from denial
- Smith v. Kind25-943 · June 29, 2026 · SSDissent from denial
- Grayson v. United States25-851 · June 22, 2026 · ADissent from denial
- United States v. Carter25-885 · June 22, 2026 · ADissent from denial
- Saldaño v. Texas25-5749 · June 22, 2026 · SSDissent from denial
- Alabama v. Powell25-848 · June 15, 2026 · ADissent from denial
- E.D. v. Noblesville School District25-906 · June 15, 2026 · ADissent from denial
- Clark v. Mississippi25-6846 · June 8, 2026 · SSDissent from denial
- Lairy v. United States25-821 · May 18, 2026 · SSDissent from denial
- Guerrero v. Busby25A1235 · May 14, 2026 · KJDissent from denial
How this tracker works
Entries come from SupremeCourt.gov orders and docket pages. Pages publish automatically once the record is structurally complete, and every explainer is grounded in the docket text. Read the full methodology.