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Emergency application

Pausing an appeals court ruling

Alexander Wesley Ledvina v. United States

Denied
No. 25A1269Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice KavanaughFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on May 18, 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 13 days after filing

What's being asked

Alexander Wesley Ledvina asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. The record does not say what the ruling or underlying dispute concerns.

What the Court did

The Supreme Court refused emergency help: Justice Kavanaugh denied Ledvina’s request for a temporary pause. 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 252 rulings on applications decided without a response came 8 to 30 days after filing, and the median was 14 days; this one was ruled on 13 days after filing.

What it means

The Eighth Circuit ruling remains in place for now; this emergency ruling does not decide who wins the underlying case. The record lists no related Supreme Court merits case and no argument date.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1269. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026