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Emergency application

Emergency court orders

Vernon J. Leftridge, Jr. v. Connecticut Judicial Branch

Denied
No. 25A1304Injunction applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice SotomayorFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on May 27, 2026, so nothing changes while the case continues in the lower courts.

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

Filed Ruled 12 days after filing

What's being asked

Vernon J. Leftridge, Jr., asks the Supreme Court for an emergency injunction against the Connecticut Judicial Branch and other parties. The docket identifies the Second Circuit as the lower court but gives no details about its ruling or the underlying dispute.

What the Court did

Justice Sotomayor refused Leftridge’s request for emergency help (denied the application). The order does not decide the underlying dispute, and 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 12 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency ruling does not decide who wins the underlying case; that dispute remains with the Second Circuit. The docket lists no related merits case. The application was not set for argument.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1304. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026