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Emergency application

Pausing a court ruling

Aisha Trimble v. United States

Denied
No. 25A1212Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice AlitoFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on May 5, 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 5 days after filing

What's being asked

Aisha Trimble, a private party, asked the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a Fifth Circuit ruling in her case against the United States. The record does not say what the dispute concerns or what the ruling ordered.

What the Court did

Justice Alito refused Aisha Trimble's request for a temporary pause (denied her application). That ruling addresses only emergency relief, not who wins the underlying case. 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 5 days after filing.

What it means

The request concerned a temporary pause, not a final decision about who wins the case. The Fifth Circuit's ruling remains in place; the record does not describe any further proceedings there. No related Supreme Court merits case or argument date is listed.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1212. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026