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Emergency application

Cyrus Mark Sanai v. Melanie J. Lawrence

Denied
No. 24A729Stay 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 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 7 days after filing

What's being asked

Cyrus Mark Sanai, a private party, asked Justice Kagan to pause the Ninth Circuit’s ruling and recall its mandate. The docket gives no details about the underlying dispute or the Ninth Circuit ruling.

What the Court did

Justice Kagan refused the emergency help, denying (turning down) the application. 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 7 days after filing.

What it means

The denial leaves the Ninth Circuit’s mandate in place but does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. No related case on the main legal question or argument is listed.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A729. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 3, 2026