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Emergency application

Donald Mortvedt v. Charles Clawson

Denied
No. 25A51Stay 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 11, 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 8 days after filing

What's being asked

Donald Mortvedt, a private party, asked the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The record does not say what the dispute is about or describe the Eighth Circuit ruling.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help: Justice Kavanaugh denied Mortvedt's request to pause the Eighth Circuit ruling. The order does not decide who wins the underlying case. The Court 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 8 days after filing.

What it means

The Eighth Circuit ruling remains in place, but this emergency ruling does not settle the underlying dispute. The record lists no related Supreme Court case or argument.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A51. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026