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Emergency application

In Re Gregory Alvin James Van Etten

Denied
No. 25A408Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice JacksonFrom United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on January 20, 2026: 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 106 days after filing

What's being asked

Gregory Alvin James Van Etten, a private party, asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the First Circuit Court of Appeals. The record does not describe that ruling or the underlying dispute.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help and denied (turned down) Van Etten’s request for a temporary pause. It did not decide who wins the underlying case, and it 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 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 106 days after filing.

What it means

The First Circuit’s ruling is not paused, and this emergency decision does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. No related Supreme Court case on the main legal question is listed, and the Court set no argument.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A408. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026