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Emergency application

Bail during court review

Lavon Parks v. United States

Denied
No. 25A1305Bail 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 June 29, 2026 for release while the case continues.

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

Filed Ruled 47 days after filing

What's being asked

Lavon Parks and others ask the Supreme Court to release them on bail while review continues. The docket does not describe the underlying case or identify the Second Circuit ruling at issue.

What the Court did

The Court refused the request for emergency release on bail and denied the application (turned it down). The order does not decide 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 273 rulings on applications decided without a response came 8 to 29 days after filing, and the median was 14 days; this one was ruled on 47 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency ruling concerns temporary bail and does not decide who wins the underlying case. The Second Circuit is the lower court, but the docket does not say what proceedings continue there. No related Supreme Court case or argument date is listed.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1305. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026