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Emergency application

Pausing a court ruling

Yehonatan Kapach v. New Hampshire

Denied
No. 25A908Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice JacksonFrom Supreme Court of New Hampshire

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on February 12, 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 16 days after filing

What's being asked

Yehonatan Kapach asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the Supreme Court of New Hampshire. The record does not describe the dispute or the ruling's terms.

What the Court did

Justice Jackson refused Kapach's request for emergency help, denying (turning down) the application. 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 16 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency ruling addresses only whether to pause the ruling; it does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The New Hampshire Supreme Court's ruling remains in effect; the record lists no related Supreme Court case and no argument date.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A908. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026