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Emergency application

Emergency court order

Phillip Leiser v. Cleo Powell

Denied
No. 25A1450Injunction applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to The Chief JusticeFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on August 17, 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 56 days after filing

What's being asked

Phillip Leiser asks the Supreme Court for an emergency injunction while an appeal is pending. The record does not explain the dispute or identify the specific order at issue in the Fourth Circuit.

What the Court did

The Court refused Leiser’s request for emergency help and denied (turned down) the application. It did not decide who wins the underlying case, 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 273 rulings on applications decided without a response came 8 to 29 days after filing, and the median was 14 days; this one was ruled on 56 days after filing.

What it means

This temporary emergency ruling does not decide who wins the underlying case. The appeal is in the Fourth Circuit; the docket lists no related Supreme Court case or argument date.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1450. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026