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Emergency application

Challenge to imprisonment

In Re Jesse Randolph Curry, Jr.

Denied
No. 25A1382Habeas applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice Alito

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on June 16, 2026 for release from custody (a writ of habeas corpus).

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

Filed Ruled 33 days after filing

What's being asked

Jesse Randolph Curry Jr. asks the Supreme Court for an original writ of habeas corpus (a prisoner's challenge to being locked up). He also asked to file his petition beyond the page limit. The record gives no details about the underlying dispute or any lower-court ruling.

What the Court did

Justice Alito refused Curry's request, denying (turning down) his application. The order gives no reason and states no outcome in any 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 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 33 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency ruling addresses immediate relief, not a final decision on who wins any underlying dispute. The record lists no related case or lower-court ruling and says no argument was set, so it does not show what continues elsewhere.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1382. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026