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Emergency application

Pausing a court ruling

Kevin Lee Biglow v. Dell Technologies Inc.

Denied
No. 25A1234Stay 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 12, 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 11 days after filing

What's being asked

Kevin Lee Biglow, a private party, asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. The record does not say what Biglow and Dell Technologies are disputing or what the appeals court's ruling required.

What the Court did

Justice Gorsuch refused Biglow's request for emergency help, denying a temporary pause of the Tenth Circuit ruling. The order does not decide who wins 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 11 days after filing.

What it means

Because the requested pause was denied, the Tenth Circuit ruling remains in place. This emergency decision concerns temporary relief only, not who wins the dispute; no related Supreme Court case or argument is listed.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1234. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026