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Emergency application

Request to pause ruling

Djavon Holland v. United States

Denied
No. 25A872Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice AlitoFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on April 20, 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 111 days after filing

What's being asked

Djavon Holland asked the Supreme Court to pause (stay) a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The record does not explain what that ruling concerned.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help and denied Holland’s request for a stay (a temporary pause) of the Third Circuit ruling. 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 111 days after filing.

What it means

The denial addresses only Holland’s request for emergency relief; it does not decide who wins the underlying case. The Third Circuit ruling remains unpaused, and the docket lists no related Supreme Court case on the main question or argument date.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A872. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026