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Emergency application

Pausing an Ohio court ruling

Malik Allah-U-Akbar v. David Schroeder, Judge

Denied
No. 25A871Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice KavanaughFrom Supreme Court of Ohio

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on February 4, 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 28 days after filing

What's being asked

Malik Allah-U-Akbar asks the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the Supreme Court of Ohio. The case names Ohio judge David Schroeder as the other party. The record does not say what the ruling or underlying dispute concerns.

What the Court did

The Court refused Malik Allah-U-Akbar's request for a temporary pause (denied the application) in an order by Justice Kavanaugh. The order addresses only the emergency request. 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 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 28 days after filing.

What it means

The emergency ruling addresses the request for temporary relief, not who wins the underlying case. The Supreme Court of Ohio's ruling remains unpaused; the record lists no related case about the main legal questions or argument date.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A871. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026