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Emergency application

Release during court review

In Re Stanley Howard Solvey

Denied
No. 24A1029Bail applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice Kagan

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on April 25, 2025 for release while the case continues.

Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.

Filed Ruled 11 days after filing

What's being asked

Stanley Howard Solvey, a private party, asked Justice Kagan for release or bail while his case is reviewed. The record does not identify the dispute or the lower-court order at issue.

What the Court did

Justice Kagan refused the emergency request and denied (turned down) Solvey’s application for release or bail pending review. The denial does not decide the underlying dispute. The Court did not publish how the justices voted.

Vote not published · 9the order does not say how they voted
  1. Roberts
  2. Thomas
  3. Alito
  4. Sotomayor
  5. Kagan
  6. Gorsuch
  7. Kavanaugh
  8. Barrett
  9. Jackson
The order does not say how any justice voted, as is usual on the emergency docket.
Half of 300 rulings on applications decided without a response came 8 to 28 days after filing, and the median was 14 days; this one was ruled on 11 days after filing.

What it means

The ruling addresses only temporary relief and does not decide who wins the underlying case. The record names no lower court or related merits case, and no argument is set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A1029. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 3, 2026