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Emergency application

John Zhong v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County

Denied
No. 26A145Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice KaganFrom Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on September 4, 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 42 days after filing

What's being asked

John Zhong and other private parties ask the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by California's Second District Court of Appeal. The record does not say what the ruling concerns.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help and denied (turned down) the request for a temporary pause of the California Court of Appeal ruling. 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 282 rulings on applications decided without a response came 8 to 30 days after filing, and the median was 14 days; this one was ruled on 42 days after filing.

What it means

The denial leaves the California Court of Appeal's ruling in place for now, but does not decide who ultimately wins the dispute. 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. 26A145. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 18, 2026