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Emergency application

Pausing a court ruling

Nadia Mary Metroka v. The Florida Bar

Denied
No. 25A1093Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice ThomasFrom Supreme Court of Florida

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on April 7, 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 35 days after filing

What's being asked

Metroka asks the Supreme Court to pause a Florida Supreme Court ruling while a petition for Supreme Court review is pending. The record does not explain her dispute with The Florida Bar; it identifies only the Florida Supreme Court ruling she wants paused.

What the Court did

Justice Thomas refused Metroka’s request for a temporary pause (denied the application). The docket does not report how the justices voted; this emergency ruling does not decide who wins the underlying dispute.

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 35 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency decision only concerns temporary relief and does not decide who wins Metroka’s dispute with The Florida Bar. The Florida Supreme Court’s ruling was not paused; no related case on the main dispute is listed, and no argument is set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1093. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026