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Emergency application

Bail during Supreme Court review

Joshua Kellier v. Marcia Cleveland, Superintendent, Cape Vincent Correctional Facility

Denied
No. 25A1449Bail applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice SotomayorFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on June 29, 2026 for release while the case continues.

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

Filed Ruled 14 days after filing

What's being asked

Joshua Kellier asks the Supreme Court to release him or grant bail while his case is reviewed. The record identifies a ruling from the Second Circuit as the order at issue but does not say what it decided.

What the Court did

The Supreme Court refused emergency help; Justice Sotomayor denied the application (turned it down). That denial does not decide who wins the 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 14 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency ruling concerns temporary relief and does not decide who wins the underlying case. The record names the Second Circuit as the lower court but gives no details about further proceedings there. No related Supreme Court case about the main question is listed, and no argument is set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1449. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026