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Emergency application

Merit board appeal

Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board

Denied
No. 24A731Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to The Chief JusticeFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on March 24, 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 79 days after filing

What's being asked

Private party Martin Akerman asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a Federal Circuit ruling in his case against the Merit Systems Protection Board. The record does not explain what the ruling or underlying dispute concerns.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help and denied (turned down) Akerman’s request for a temporary pause of the Federal Circuit ruling. It did not decide who wins 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 79 days after filing.

What it means

This temporary emergency ruling does not decide who wins the dispute; the Federal Circuit ruling remains in effect, and proceedings there can continue. The docket lists no related case for a full decision and no argument date.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A731. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 3, 2026