Emergency application · Capital case
Delaying an execution
Anthony Boyd v. Kay Ivey, Governor of Alabama
What did the Court do?
The Court denied the request on October 23, 2025 and refused to halt the execution.
Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.
What's being asked
Anthony Boyd, a prisoner under a death sentence, asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause his execution. The record does not describe the Eleventh Circuit ruling or the dispute behind it.
What the Court did
The Court refused emergency help and denied (turned down) Boyd’s request to pause his execution. It also denied (refused) his petition for Supreme Court review, so it did not agree to hear the case. The Court did not publish how the justices voted.
What it means
The emergency ruling addresses temporary relief; it does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The record gives no information about further proceedings in the Eleventh Circuit and lists no related case on the main question or argument date.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A451. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.