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Emergency application

Emergency court orders

Dustin Darden v. Suzanne LaFrance

Denied
No. 25A1162Injunction applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice KaganFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on June 1, 2026, so nothing changes while the case continues in the lower courts.

Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.

Filed Ruled 51 days after filing

What's being asked

Dustin Darden, a private party, asked the Supreme Court for an emergency injunction (a quick court order requiring or stopping an action). He sought it while challenging a ruling from the Ninth Circuit. The docket does not say what the dispute concerns or what that ruling decided.

What the Court did

The Court refused Darden's emergency request and denied (turned down) his application. It did not decide who wins the underlying case, and it 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 51 days after filing.

What it means

An emergency request seeks immediate, temporary help; denying it does not end the underlying case. The case remains in the Ninth Circuit. The docket lists no related Supreme Court case and no argument on the request.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1162. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026