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Emergency application

Pausing deportation

Sammarth Gautam v. Todd Blanche, Acting Attorney General

Denied
No. 25A1193Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice GorsuchFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on May 1, 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 7 days after filing

What's being asked

Sammarth Gautam asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause Gautam's removal. The docket ties the request to a case in the Tenth Circuit but gives no details about the dispute or that court's ruling.

What the Court did

Justice Gorsuch refused emergency help and denied (turned down) Gautam's request for a temporary pause of removal. The order gives no reason and does not decide the underlying dispute; 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 7 days after filing.

What it means

The denial leaves the Tenth Circuit ruling in place, but does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The docket lists no related Supreme Court case or argument date.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1193. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026