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Emergency application

Pausing a court ruling

Suzanne M. Brown v. United States

Denied
No. 25A1003Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice JacksonFrom United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on March 12, 2026: 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 3 days after filing

What's being asked

Suzanne M. Brown asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The record does not describe what that ruling or the underlying dispute concerns.

What the Court did

The Court refused Brown’s request for a temporary pause (denied her application). It did not explain why or 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 212 rulings on applications decided without a response came 8 to 34 days after filing, and the median was 14 days; this one was ruled on 3 days after filing.

What it means

The First Circuit’s ruling remains in place, but the emergency decision does not decide who wins the case. No related Supreme Court case addressing the main legal question is listed, and no argument was set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1003. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026