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Emergency application

Nancy Newbury v. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Denied
No. 24A1132Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice JacksonFrom United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on May 28, 2025: the lower court's ruling stays in effect while the appeal continues.

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

Filed Ruled 13 days after filing

What's being asked

Nancy Newbury asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling from the First Circuit. The record does not say what that ruling ordered or what the dispute involving HUD and the other named parties concerns.

What the Court did

Justice Jackson refused Newbury’s request for emergency help, denying her application. The record gives no reason and says the justices’ votes were not published.

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 13 days after filing.

What it means

The denial refused only a temporary pause and does not decide who wins the underlying case; the First Circuit ruling remains in place. No related Supreme Court case on the main question is listed.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A1132. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 3, 2026