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Emergency application

Black voting districts

Wes Allen, Alabama Secretary of State v. Bobby Singleton

Granted
No. 25A1315Stay applicationFiled by a state or local governmentPresented to Justice ThomasFrom United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

What did the Court do?

The Court granted the request on June 2, 2026: the lower court's ruling is on hold while the appeal continues.

Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case. Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would have ruled the other way.

Filed Ruled 6 days after filing

What's being asked

A state or local government asks the Supreme Court to pause (stay) a lower-court ruling from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama while the appeal continues. The case is Wes Allen, Alabama Secretary of State v. Bobby Singleton.

What the Court did

The Court granted the request on June 2, 2026: the lower court's ruling is on hold while the appeal continues.

  • Dissented
  • Wrote separately
  • Vote not published
Dissenting · 3recorded against the Court's order
  1. Sotomayorwrote a dissent
  2. Kaganjoined Sotomayor's writing
  3. Jacksonjoined Sotomayor's writing
Vote not published · 6the order does not say how they voted
  1. Roberts
  2. Thomas
  3. Alito
  4. Gorsuch
  5. Kavanaugh
  6. Barrett
The order records the positions of 3 of 9 justices. The Court usually does not say how each justice voted on an emergency application, so the rest are shown as not published.
Half of 70 rulings on applications where the Court asked for a response came 12 to 27 days after filing, and the median was 17 days; this one was ruled on 6 days after filing.

What it means

This is a temporary order about what happens while the case is decided, not a ruling on who is right. The case continues in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Separate writings

  • Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justice Kagan and Justice Jackson, dissenting

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1315. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026