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Emergency application

Kimberly King v. Thomas Hasle

Denied
No. 24A1221Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice BarrettFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on June 12, 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

Kimberly King asks the Supreme Court for a stay (a temporary pause) of a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The record does not say what that ruling concerns.

What the Court did

Justice Barrett refused King's request for emergency help and denied (turned down) her application. 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 302 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

This emergency ruling addresses only a request for a temporary pause; it does not decide who wins the underlying case. The Seventh Circuit ruling remains unpaused. The docket lists no related case on the main legal question or argument date.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A1221. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026