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Emergency application

Emergency court orders

Ehab Allababidi v. Matt Junkin

Denied
No. 25A1406Injunction applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice BarrettFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on June 22, 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 12 days after filing

What's being asked

Ehab Allababidi, a private party, asks the Supreme Court for an emergency injunction (a temporary court order requiring someone to act or stop acting). The record does not say what the dispute with Matt Junkin and the other named parties is or what order the Seventh Circuit issued.

What the Court did

Justice Barrett refused Allababidi’s request for emergency help and denied the application (turned it down). The record gives no explanation, and 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

This emergency decision addresses only temporary help; it does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The record identifies the Seventh Circuit as the lower court but does not describe further proceedings there. No related Supreme Court case on the main question is listed, and no argument was set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1406. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026