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Emergency application

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Catherine Herridge v. Yanping Chen

Denied
No. 25A1448Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to The Chief JusticeFrom United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on October 5, 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 101 days after filing

What's being asked

Catherine Herridge asks the Supreme Court to pause the D.C. Circuit’s formal order carrying out its ruling (its mandate) in case No. 24-5050. The docket does not describe the dispute with Yanping Chen behind that order.

What the Court did

The Court refused the emergency pause and denied (turned down) Herridge’s application. It did not decide who wins the underlying dispute, and it 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 76 rulings on applications where the Court asked for a response came 12 to 26 days after filing, and the median was 17 days; this one was ruled on 101 days after filing.

What it means

The denial leaves the D.C. Circuit’s mandate unpaused, but it does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. 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. 25A1448. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 7, 2026