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Emergency application

Raj Shekar v. Teledyne Technologies Incorporated

Denied
No. 25A1388Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice JacksonFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on September 4, 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 91 days after filing

What's being asked

Raj Shekar asks the Supreme Court for a temporary pause (a stay) of a Seventh Circuit ruling in his case against Teledyne Technologies Incorporated. The record does not explain what the dispute concerns or what the Seventh Circuit ruling did.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help and denied (turned down) Shekar's request for a temporary pause of the Seventh Circuit ruling. It did not decide who wins the underlying case. Justice Barrett took no part in the Court's consideration or decision; the order gives no other vote details.

  • Did not take part
  • Vote not published
Did not take part · 1
  1. Barrett
Vote not published · 8the order does not say how they voted
  1. Roberts
  2. Thomas
  3. Alito
  4. Sotomayor
  5. Kagan
  6. Gorsuch
  7. Kavanaugh
  8. Jackson
The order records the positions of 1 of 9 justices. The Court usually does not say how each justice voted on an emergency application, so the rest are shown as not published.
Half of 282 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 91 days after filing.

What it means

This decision on temporary emergency relief leaves the Seventh Circuit ruling in effect; it does not decide who wins the underlying case. No related Supreme Court case addressing the main question is listed, and no argument was set for this application.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1388. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 18, 2026