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Katherine London v. United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Denied
No. 25A773Vacatur applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice BarrettFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on March 2, 2026, leaving the lower-court order in place.

Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.

Filed Ruled 73 days after filing

What's being asked

A private party asks the Supreme Court to undo (vacate) a lower-court order from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The case is Katherine London v. United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

What the Court did

The Court denied the request on March 2, 2026, leaving the lower-court order in place.

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 215 rulings on applications decided without a response came 8 to 34 days after filing, and the median was 14 days; this one was ruled on 73 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 Seventh Circuit.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A773. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 3, 2026