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Emergency application

Henry B. Berrocal v. San Antonio Police Department-Headquarters

Denied
No. 25A360Emergency 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 December 8, 2025.

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

Filed Ruled 82 days after filing

What's being asked

Henry B. Berrocal, a private party, asks the Supreme Court for quick, temporary help in a case involving the San Antonio Police Department and others. The record does not explain the dispute or say what Fifth Circuit ruling Berrocal challenges.

What the Court did

The Court refused the emergency help, denying (turning down) Berrocal's application. It did not publish how the justices voted. The order does not decide who wins the underlying dispute.

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 82 days after filing.

What it means

The case can continue in the Fifth Circuit; the emergency ruling does not decide the underlying dispute. The record lists no related Supreme Court case or argument date.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A360. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026