Skip to main content
Supreme Court Case TrackerThe Court, in plain English

Emergency application

Pausing a court ruling

Jesse James Gulley, Jr. v. United States

Denied
No. 25A1458Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice KavanaughFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on July 1, 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 8 days after filing

What's being asked

Jesse James Gulley, Jr., asked the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The docket does not describe that ruling or explain what the underlying dispute is about.

What the Court did

Justice Kavanaugh turned down (denied) Gulley’s request for a temporary pause of the Sixth Circuit ruling. The docket says the justices’ votes were not published. This denial does not decide who wins the underlying case.

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 8 days after filing.

What it means

The Sixth Circuit ruling was not paused, so it remains in place. The docket lists no related Supreme Court merits case and no argument date.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1458. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026