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Emergency application

Justin Saadein-Morales v. Westridge Swim & Racquet Club, INC.

Denied
No. 25A152Stay 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 11, 2025: 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 10 days after filing

What's being asked

Justin Saadein-Morales asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. The record does not say what the ruling decided or what dispute he has with Westridge Swim & Racquet Club.

What the Court did

The Chief Justice refused Saadein-Morales’s request for emergency help and denied the application. 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 300 rulings on applications decided without a response came 8 to 28 days after filing, and the median was 14 days; this one was ruled on 10 days after filing.

What it means

The denial left the Fourth Circuit ruling unpaused and did not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The docket lists no related Supreme Court case on the main question and no argument date.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A152. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026