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Emergency application

Trendell Walker v. United States

Denied
No. 25A386Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice SotomayorFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on October 6, 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

Trendell Walker, a private party, asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the Second Circuit. The docket does not say what the dispute concerns or what the ruling decided.

What the Court did

The Court refused Walker’s request for emergency help; Justice Sotomayor denied the application (turned it down). 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 7 days after filing.

What it means

The emergency ruling addressed only a temporary pause and does not decide who wins the underlying case. The Second Circuit case continues, and the docket lists no related Supreme Court case or argument.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A386. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026