Emergency application
Pausing deportation
Fabian Lagunas Espinoza v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General
What did the Court do?
The Court denied the request on April 17, 2025: the lower court's ruling stays in effect while the appeal continues.
Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.
What's being asked
Fabian Lagunas Espinoza and others ask the Supreme Court to pause their removal. They want the pause while they file and pursue a petition asking the Court to review a Ninth Circuit ruling. The record does not explain the dispute behind that ruling.
What the Court did
Justice Kagan refused the request for a temporary pause on removal (denied it). That denial does not decide who wins the underlying case. The Court did not publish how the justices voted.
What it means
The denial addressed only a temporary pause; it did not decide who wins the underlying case, and the Ninth Circuit ruling remains in place. No related Supreme Court case or argument date is listed; the record gives no details about proceedings in the Ninth Circuit.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A989. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.