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Emergency application

Pausing an appeals court ruling

Sherif Philips v. Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc.

Denied
No. 25A1401Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice KaganFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on June 17, 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 12 days after filing

What's being asked

Sherif Philips, a private party, asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The record does not say what his dispute with Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc. is about or what the appeals court ordered.

What the Court did

The emergency help was refused: Justice Kagan denied (turned down) Philips's request to pause the Ninth Circuit's ruling. 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 12 days after filing.

What it means

The Ninth Circuit's ruling remains in place, but this emergency ruling does not decide who wins the underlying case. The docket lists no related Supreme Court case and no argument date for this application.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1401. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026