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Emergency application

Pausing a court ruling

Deon D. Colvin v. District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Denied
No. 25A918Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to The Chief JusticeFrom United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on April 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 54 days after filing

What's being asked

Deon D. Colvin, a private party, asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The record does not say what that ruling was about.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help: it denied (turned down) Colvin’s request for a temporary pause. It did not decide who wins the underlying dispute, and it 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 54 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency ruling addresses only temporary relief; it does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s ruling is not paused. No related Supreme Court merits case is listed, and no argument is set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A918. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026