Emergency application · Capital case
Race 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 Texas prisoner under a death sentence, asked the Supreme Court to pause his execution, scheduled for April 30, 2026. His filing seeks Supreme Court review of a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decision, but the record does not explain the underlying legal issues.
What the Court did
The Court did not grant the requested pause. It denied the application as moot (no longer a live dispute), closing it without ruling on the request. The Court did not publish how the justices voted.
What it means
Emergency relief is temporary, and this order did not decide who should ultimately prevail in Broadnax’s case. The record does not say whether proceedings continue in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. No related Supreme Court case is listed, and the application was not set for argument.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A900. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.