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Emergency application

Edwin Rojan v. Connecticut

Denied
No. 25A32Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to The Chief JusticeFrom United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on July 15, 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 22 days after filing

What's being asked

Edwin Rojan, a private party, asked the Supreme Court to pause a lower-court ruling (grant a stay). The record identifies the ruling as one from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. It does not explain what Rojan's dispute with Connecticut and the other named parties concerns.

What the Court did

The Chief Justice refused emergency help and denied the application (turned it down). This refused the requested temporary pause but 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 22 days after filing.

What it means

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit's ruling remains unpaused. This temporary emergency ruling does not decide who wins the underlying case. The docket lists no related case for Supreme Court review, and no argument is set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A32. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026