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Emergency application

Kelsey Schier, Administrator of the Estate of Guenter Werner Schier v. Matthew Anderton

Denied
No. 24A864Stay 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 May 5, 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 60 days after filing

What's being asked

Kelsey Schier, administrator of Guenter Werner Schier’s estate, asks the Supreme Court to pause a Ninth Circuit ruling in her case against Matthew Anderton. The record does not explain the dispute or what the Ninth Circuit ordered.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help and denied (turned down) the request for a temporary pause of the Ninth Circuit ruling. This order does not decide who wins the underlying case; 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 60 days after filing.

What it means

The Ninth Circuit ruling remains in place, but this emergency ruling does not decide who wins the underlying case. No related Supreme Court case on the main question 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. 24A864. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 3, 2026