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Emergency application

Police officer dispute

Feifei Gu v. Michael Sher, New York City Police Officer

Denied
No. 25A249Emergency 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 November 24, 2025.

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

Filed Ruled 90 days after filing

What's being asked

Private party Feifei Gu asked the Supreme Court for emergency relief in a case involving New York City police officer Michael Sher and others. The record does not explain the dispute or identify the lower-court order at issue.

What the Court did

The Court refused Gu's emergency request and denied the application (turned it down); it did 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 302 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 90 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency ruling addresses only the request for immediate relief; it does not resolve the underlying case in the Second Circuit. No related Supreme Court case is listed, and the Court set no argument on this application.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A249. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026