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Emergency application

Scotty L. White v. Paul Hopkins

Denied
No. 25A43Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice KavanaughFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on July 10, 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

Scotty L. White, a private party, asked the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and provide additional emergency relief. The record does not explain what the ruling or underlying dispute concerns.

What the Court did

The Supreme Court refused White's request for emergency help: Justice Kavanaugh denied the application. The record does not say how the justices voted. The denial does not decide who wins the underlying case.

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 7 days after filing.

What it means

The Eighth Circuit ruling remains in effect, but this emergency decision does not decide who wins the underlying case. The docket lists no related Supreme Court case on the main legal questions and no argument date.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A43. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026