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Emergency application

Bail during appeal

Meelad Dezfooli v. United States

Denied
No. 25A440Bail applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice KaganFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on December 8, 2025 for release while the case continues.

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

Filed Ruled 58 days after filing

What's being asked

Meelad Dezfooli asks the Supreme Court for release or bail while review of the case against the United States continues. The docket does not describe the Ninth Circuit ruling at issue or the underlying dispute.

What the Court did

The Court refused Dezfooli’s request for release or bail and denied the application (turned it down). The Court did not publish how the justices voted, and the record gives no explanation for the denial. The order refuses only emergency relief; it does not decide 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 58 days after filing.

What it means

This temporary emergency ruling does not decide who wins the underlying case. The underlying case continues in the Ninth Circuit; no related Supreme Court case is listed, and no argument is set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A440. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026