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Emergency application

Pausing a court ruling

Telina Fuller v. Hector Sanchez

Denied
No. 25A875Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice KavanaughFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on February 5, 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 23 days after filing

What's being asked

Telina Fuller asks the Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The record does not describe that ruling or explain the dispute between Fuller, Hector Sanchez, and the other named parties.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help: Justice Kavanaugh denied Fuller's request for a temporary pause. The denial left the Sixth Circuit ruling unpaused and did not decide who wins the underlying dispute. 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 23 days after filing.

What it means

The Sixth Circuit ruling remains in place, but this emergency ruling does not decide the underlying dispute. The record lists no related merits case, and no argument is set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A875. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026