Emergency application
Jonathan Seay v. United States
What did the Court do?
The Court denied the request on August 13, 2025: the lower court's ruling stays in effect while the appeal continues.
Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.
What's being asked
A private party asks the Supreme Court to pause (stay) a lower-court ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit while the appeal continues. The case is Jonathan Seay v. United States.
What the Court did
Order entered by Justice Thomas: Upon consideration of the application for stay from the applicant, it is ordered that the application for stay is DENIED; however, the application is construed as a request for an extension of time for filing a petition for a writ of certiorari in the above-entitled cased, and the same is hereby, extended to and including September 10, 2025.
What it means
This is a temporary order about what happens while the case is decided, not a ruling on who is right. The case continues in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A172. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.