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Emergency application

Emergency court orders

Kathryn Copeland v. Tarrant County, Texas

Denied
No. 25A1368Injunction 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 August 17, 2026, so nothing changes while the case continues in the lower courts.

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

Filed Ruled 74 days after filing

What's being asked

Kathryn Copeland asks the Supreme Court for an emergency court order (an injunction) while an appeal is pending in the Fifth Circuit. The record does not identify the lower-court order or explain the dispute.

What the Court did

The Court refused Copeland’s request for emergency help and denied (turned down) the application. This emergency ruling 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 74 days after filing.

What it means

This temporary emergency ruling does not decide who wins the underlying case. The appeal continues in the Fifth Circuit. No related Supreme Court case on the main legal questions is listed, and the Court set no argument on the application.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1368. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026