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Emergency application

Pausing a court ruling

Vernon J. Leftridge, Jr. v. Judicial Branch

Denied
No. 25A1118Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice SotomayorFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on April 13, 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 17 days after filing

What's being asked

Vernon J. Leftridge, Jr., a private party, asked the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the Second Circuit. The docket does not describe that ruling or explain the underlying dispute.

What the Court did

Justice Sotomayor refused emergency help, denying (turning down) Leftridge's request to pause the Second Circuit ruling. The docket says 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 17 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency ruling only denies a temporary pause; it does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The Second Circuit ruling remains in place; no related Supreme Court case is listed, and no argument date was set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1118. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026