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Emergency application

Michael Prete v. Rhode Island

Denied
No. 24A902Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice JacksonFrom Supreme Court of Rhode Island

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 48 days after filing

What's being asked

Michael Prete asks the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily pause the Rhode Island Supreme Court's ruling in his case against Rhode Island. The docket does not describe that ruling or the underlying dispute.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help and denied (turned down) Prete's request to pause the Rhode Island Supreme Court's ruling. The Court did not publish how the justices voted. This denial does not decide who wins the underlying case.

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 48 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency ruling is temporary and does not decide who wins the underlying case. The Rhode Island Supreme Court's ruling remains in place, and the docket lists no related Supreme Court case about the dispute.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A902. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 3, 2026