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Emergency application

Pausing a court ruling

John Michael McClung v. Brennan Coleen McClung

Denied
No. 25A1356Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice ThomasFrom District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on June 7, 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 10 days after filing

What's being asked

John Michael McClung asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by Florida's Fifth District Court of Appeal. The record does not say what the ruling concerned; the case caption names Brennan Coleen McClung as the other party.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help: Justice Thomas denied John Michael McClung’s request to temporarily pause the lower-court ruling. The Court did not publish how the justices voted. This emergency ruling does not decide who wins the underlying dispute.

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 10 days after filing.

What it means

The denial leaves the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal's ruling in place. The requested pause was temporary; this emergency ruling does not decide who wins the underlying case. No related case for Supreme Court review is listed, and no argument date is set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1356. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026