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Emergency application

Cyrus Mark Sanai v. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Denied
No. 24A1245Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice KaganFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on June 18, 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 6 days after filing

What's being asked

Cyrus Mark Sanai asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The record does not say what that ruling concerned.

What the Court did

Justice Kagan refused the requested emergency help, denying Sanai’s request to pause the Ninth Circuit ruling. The denial leaves that ruling in place but 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 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 6 days after filing.

What it means

The ruling addresses only whether to pause the Ninth Circuit ruling, not who wins the underlying dispute. The Ninth Circuit ruling remains in place; no related Supreme Court case or argument is listed.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A1245. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026