Emergency application · Capital case
Pausing an execution
Glen Edward Rogers v. Florida
What did the Court do?
The Court denied the request on May 14, 2025 and refused to halt the execution.
Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.
What's being asked
Glen Edward Rogers, a prisoner under a death sentence, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily pause his execution. The record names a ruling by Florida's Supreme Court but gives no details about it or the issue Rogers raised.
What the Court did
The Court refused emergency help: it denied (turned down) Rogers’s request for a temporary pause of his execution. It also denied (refused) Supreme Court review of Rogers’s case; the Court did not publish how the justices voted. It did not decide the underlying legal questions.
What it means
The requested pause was temporary, and refusing it does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The record names Florida's Supreme Court but gives no details about further proceedings there; it lists no related merits case or argument date.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A1087. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.