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Emergency application

Pausing a court ruling

Huong Giaccio v. Meredith Lyon

Denied
No. 25A874Stay 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 February 6, 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

Huong Giaccio, a private party, asked the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the Fifth Circuit. The record does not say what dispute the ruling addressed.

What the Court did

The Court refused the emergency request; Justice Alito denied the application (turned it down). 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 30 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency ruling addresses temporary relief, not who wins the underlying case. The Fifth Circuit ruling remains in place; no related Supreme Court case is listed, and no argument is set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A874. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026