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Emergency application

Chriselda and Emmanuel Reyes v. Dorchester County, South Carolina

Denied
No. 25A336Stay 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 September 24, 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 7 days after filing

What's being asked

Chriselda and Emmanuel Reyes ask the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The record does not say what that ruling concerned.

What the Court did

The Chief Justice refused the Reyeses' request for emergency help, so the Fourth Circuit ruling was not temporarily paused. The docket does not report 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 7 days after filing.

What it means

The emergency ruling does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The Fourth Circuit ruling remains in effect, and proceedings can continue there; no related merits case or argument is listed.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A336. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026