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Emergency application

Ray L. Diaz Santiago v. Manuel Miranda

Denied
No. 25A489Stay 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 12, 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 82 days after filing

What's being asked

Ray L. Diaz Santiago, a private party, asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a First Circuit ruling. The record does not describe the underlying dispute or what that ruling decided.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help, denying Diaz Santiago's request to temporarily pause the First Circuit ruling. 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 82 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency ruling addresses only a temporary pause and does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The First Circuit ruling is not paused by this order. The record lists no related Supreme Court case, and the Court set no argument on the application.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A489. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026