Skip to main content
Supreme Court Case TrackerThe Court, in plain English

Emergency application

Emergency court orders

Ashlesha A. Nesarikar v. United States Patent and Trademark Office

Denied
No. 25A959Injunction applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to The Chief JusticeFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on March 3, 2026, so nothing changes while the case continues in the lower courts.

Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.

Filed Ruled 14 days after filing

What's being asked

Private party Ashlesha A. Nesarikar asks the Supreme Court for an emergency injunction (a court order requiring or stopping an action) pending an appeal. The case names the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and others, but the record does not explain the dispute or the Federal Circuit's ruling.

What the Court did

The Chief Justice refused Nesarikar's emergency request (denied it). That does not decide who wins the 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 14 days after filing.

What it means

This is a temporary ruling on emergency help, not a decision about who wins the dispute. The Federal Circuit case continues; the record lists no related Supreme Court case on the main question and no argument date.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A959. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026