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Emergency application

Anthony Michael Branch v. Fannie Mae

Denied
No. 24A958Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice JacksonFrom Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on April 9, 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 8 days after filing

What's being asked

Anthony Michael Branch asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. The record does not say what the lower court ruling concerned.

What the Court did

Justice Jackson refused Branch’s request for a temporary pause, denying the application (turning it down). The record gives no explanation and does not report 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 8 days after filing.

What it means

This ruling only refuses temporary relief; it does not decide who wins the underlying case. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling remains in place. The record lists no related Supreme Court case or argument date.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A958. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 3, 2026