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Emergency application

In Re Henry L. Klein

Denied
No. 25A549Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice AlitoFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on March 2, 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 123 days after filing

What's being asked

Henry L. Klein, a private party, asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a Fifth Circuit ruling. The record gives no details about the dispute or the ruling itself.

What the Court did

The Court refused Klein's request to temporarily pause the Fifth Circuit ruling. The denial addresses only the request for a pause, not who wins the underlying dispute; 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 300 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 123 days after filing.

What it means

The Fifth Circuit ruling remains in place, and the emergency order does not decide who wins the dispute. The record lists no related Supreme Court case about the main dispute, and no argument was set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A549. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 3, 2026