Emergency application · Capital case
Race discrimination in jury selection
James Garfield Broadnax v. Texas
What did the Court do?
The Court dismissed the request as moot (no longer a live dispute) on April 30, 2026.
Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.
What's being asked
James Garfield Broadnax, a prisoner under a Texas death sentence, asked the Supreme Court to temporarily pause his execution, scheduled for April 30, 2026. The application seeks Supreme Court review of a case from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The excerpts do not explain the issue in that case.
What the Court did
The Court did not grant Broadnax the requested pause. It denied (turned down) the application as moot (no longer a live dispute), closing it without ruling on the request itself. The Court did not publish how the justices voted.
What it means
The requested stay (temporary pause) would have paused the execution only temporarily; the Court did not decide who wins the underlying case. The record does not say what continues in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. No related merits case is listed, and no argument was set.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A899. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.