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Emergency application

Emergency court orders

Sabrina Zunker v. Karen Hubler

Denied
No. 26A166Injunction applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice GorsuchFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on August 6, 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 5 days after filing

What's being asked

Sabrina Zunker asks the Supreme Court for an emergency injunction (a court order requiring someone to act or stop acting). The record does not explain her dispute with Karen Hubler and the other named parties or identify the Tenth Circuit ruling at issue.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help: Justice Gorsuch denied Zunker's request. 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 252 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 5 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency ruling is temporary and does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The case remains in the Tenth Circuit; no related Supreme Court case for deciding the main question 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. 26A166. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026