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Emergency application

Derrick Lynn Johnson v. California

Denied
No. 24A909Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice KaganFrom Supreme Court of California

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on March 25, 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 21 days after filing

What's being asked

Derrick Lynn Johnson asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the Supreme Court of California. The record does not say what that ruling concerns.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help: Justice Kagan denied (turned down) Johnson’s request for a temporary pause. The order 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 300 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 21 days after filing.

What it means

The Supreme Court of California’s ruling remains in place. This emergency ruling does not decide who wins the underlying case, and no related case seeking full Supreme Court review is listed.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A909. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 3, 2026