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Emergency application

Release while appeal is pending

Zumar DuBose v. United States

Denied
No. 25A1206Bail applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice AlitoFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on May 5, 2026 for release while the case continues.

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

Filed Ruled 14 days after filing

What's being asked

Zumar DuBose asks the Supreme Court for release or bail while his case is reviewed. The record does not explain the underlying dispute or describe the Third Circuit ruling.

What the Court did

Justice Alito refused DuBose’s request for emergency release or bail and denied the application (formally turned it down). The record gives no published vote, and the denial does not decide who wins the underlying case.

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 14 days after filing.

What it means

This temporary emergency ruling does not decide who wins the underlying case. The record names the Third Circuit as the lower court but gives no details about further proceedings there. It lists related merits case No. 25-7171 and sets no argument date for this application.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1206. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026