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Emergency application

Natalia Dalton v. Julio Lacayo

Denied
No. 24A725Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to The Chief JusticeFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on January 27, 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 11 days after filing

What's being asked

Natalia Dalton asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The case is against Julio Lacayo. The record does not say what the dispute or ruling concerns.

What the Court did

The Chief Justice refused emergency help, denying Natalia Dalton's request to temporarily pause the Fourth Circuit ruling. The docket gives no explanation, and 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 11 days after filing.

What it means

The denial leaves the Fourth Circuit ruling unpaused, but does not decide who wins the underlying case. No related Supreme Court case is listed, and the application was not set for argument.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A725. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 3, 2026