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Emergency application

Emergency court orders

LaVonne Washington v. United States

Denied
No. 26A176Injunction applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice ThomasFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on August 17, 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 26 days after filing

What's being asked

LaVonne Washington and others ask the Supreme Court for an emergency injunction in their case against the United States and others. The record does not describe the underlying dispute or identify an order from the Eleventh Circuit.

What the Court did

Justice Thomas refused emergency help, denying the application (turning it down). The denial does not decide who wins the underlying case. 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 273 rulings on applications decided without a response came 8 to 29 days after filing, and the median was 14 days; this one was ruled on 26 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency ruling does not decide who wins the underlying case. The record names the Eleventh Circuit but gives no details about proceedings there; it lists no related Supreme Court merits case or argument date.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 26A176. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 5, 2026