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Emergency application

Stopping deportation

Danila Bukhalenkov v. Todd Blanche, Acting Attorney General

Denied
No. 25A1366Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice AlitoFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on June 9, 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 63 days after filing

What's being asked

Danila Bukhalenkov asks the Supreme Court to temporarily stop his removal from the country. The record does not describe the Fifth Circuit order or explain why he faces removal.

What the Court did

Justice Alito refused emergency help, denying Bukhalenkov's request to pause his removal. This denial addresses only the emergency request, not who wins the underlying dispute. 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 63 days after filing.

What it means

The emergency ruling does not decide who wins the dispute; the underlying case remains in the Fifth Circuit. There is no related Supreme Court case on the main question, and no argument is set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1366. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026