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Emergency application

Pausing a court ruling

Judy Brannberg v. John Cimino

Denied
No. 25A1264Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice GorsuchFrom Supreme Court of Colorado

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on June 15, 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 35 days after filing

What's being asked

Judy Brannberg asks the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a Colorado Supreme Court ruling temporarily (a stay). The record does not say what the dispute or ruling concerns.

What the Court did

The Court refused Brannberg’s request for emergency help and denied the application (turned it down). It did 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 209 rulings on applications decided without a response came 8 to 35 days after filing, and the median was 15 days; this one was ruled on 35 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency ruling is temporary; it does not settle who wins the underlying dispute. The Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling remains in place. No related case asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the underlying dispute is listed.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1264. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026