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Emergency application

Barbers Hill Independent School District v. Everette De'Andre Arnold

Denied
No. 25A720Stay applicationFiled by a state or local governmentPresented to Justice AlitoFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on January 14, 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 30 days after filing

What's being asked

A state or local government asks the Supreme Court to pause (stay) a lower-court ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit while the appeal continues. The case is Barbers Hill Independent School District v. Everette De'Andre Arnold.

What the Court did

The Court denied the request on January 14, 2026: the lower court's ruling stays in effect while the appeal continues.

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 150 rulings on applications decided without a response came 4 to 44 days after filing, and the median was 11 days; this one was ruled on 30 days after filing.

What it means

This is a temporary order about what happens while the case is decided, not a ruling on who is right. The case continues in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A720. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 3, 2026