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Emergency application

Federal rights in license discipline

Peyman Roshan v. Chika Sunquist

Denied
No. 25A1319Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice KaganFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on June 29, 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 34 days after filing

What's being asked

Peyman Roshan, a private party, asks the Court to pause a Ninth Circuit ruling while he seeks Supreme Court review. His application challenges California's system for disciplining lawyers, arguing that it conflicts with federal law. But the caption names Chika Sunquist, Douglas R. McCauley, and the California Department of Real Estate.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help and denied (turned down) Roshan's request for a temporary pause. The order gives no explanation, 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 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 34 days after filing.

What it means

The denial refuses only emergency relief; it does not decide who wins the underlying case. The Ninth Circuit's ruling is not paused; the docket lists no related Supreme Court case on the main legal questions and no argument.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1319. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026