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Emergency application

Permission to appeal

Humberto Andres Maldonado v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Denied
No. 25A30Emergency applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice AlitoFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on November 17, 2025.

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

Filed Ruled 164 days after filing

What's being asked

Humberto Andres Maldonado asked the Supreme Court for emergency help in his request for a certificate of appealability (permission to appeal). The record does not explain the underlying dispute or describe the Fifth Circuit ruling at issue.

What the Court did

The Court refused Maldonado's request for emergency help and denied (turned down) his application. That order does 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 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 164 days after filing.

What it means

An emergency ruling addresses temporary relief and does not decide who ultimately wins the underlying case. The record does not say what continues in the Fifth Circuit. No related case asking the Supreme Court to decide the main legal questions is listed, and no argument was set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A30. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026