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Emergency application

Deon Colvin v. Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Denied
No. 24A788Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to The Chief JusticeFrom District of Columbia Court of Appeals

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on February 20, 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 10 days after filing

What's being asked

Deon Colvin, a private individual, asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. The record does not explain what that ruling or the underlying dispute concerned.

What the Court did

The Chief Justice refused Colvin's request for emergency help, denying (turning down) his request to pause the lower-court ruling. This emergency ruling does 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 10 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency ruling is temporary and does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruling was not paused, and the record lists no related Supreme Court case or argument.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A788. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 3, 2026