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Emergency application

Samantha Estefania Francisco Castro v. Jose Leonardo Brito Guevara

Denied
No. 25A376Stay 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 13, 2025: the lower court's ruling stays in effect while the appeal continues.

Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case. Justice Sotomayor and Justice Jackson would have ruled the other way.

Filed Ruled 42 days after filing

What's being asked

A private party asks the Supreme Court to pause (stay) a lower-court ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit while the appeal continues. The case is Samantha Estefania Francisco Castro v. Jose Leonardo Brito Guevara.

What the Court did

Application (25A376) for stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied. The motion of respondent for leave to file a supplemental appendix under seal is granted. The order heretofore entered by Justice Alito is vacated. Justice Sotomayor and Justice Jackson would grant the application.

Dissenting · 2recorded against the Court's order
  1. Sotomayorwould grant
  2. Jacksonwould grant
Vote not published · 7the order does not say how they voted
  1. Thomas
  2. Roberts
  3. Alito
  4. Kagan
  5. Gorsuch
  6. Kavanaugh
  7. Barrett
The order records the positions of 2 of 9 justices. The Court usually does not say how each justice voted on an emergency application, so the rest are shown as not published.
Days from filing to a ruling for 46 rulings on applications where the Court asked for a response since January 1, 2025. The band is the middle half, the tick the median, and the mark this application: ruled 42 days after filing.

What it means

This is a temporary order about what happens while the case is decided, not a ruling on who is right. The case continues in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A376. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked September 25, 2026