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Emergency application

Steven Aiello v. United States

Denied
No. 24A712Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice SotomayorFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on February 3, 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

A private party asks the Supreme Court to pause (stay) a lower-court ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit while the appeal continues. The case is Steven Aiello v. United States.

What the Court did

Order issued by Justice Sotomayor: Upon further consideration of the application of counsel for the applicants, the response filed thereto, and the reply, it is ordered that the stay heretofore issued by the undersigned on January 22, 2025, is hereby vacated. The application for stay is, in all respects, denied.

Vote not published · 9the order does not say how they voted
  1. Thomas
  2. Roberts
  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.
Days from filing to a ruling for 12 rulings on applications where the Court asked for a response since January 1, 2025. The band is the middle half, the tick the median, and the mark this application: ruled 13 days after filing.

What it means

This is a temporary order about what happens while the case is decided, not a ruling on who is right. The case continues in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A712. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked September 24, 2026