Emergency application
Emergency orders during appeal
Katherine L. Hobbins Forester v. Adam Gerol
Has the Court ruled?
Not yet. The Court has not ruled on the request.
It was filed August 17, 2026.
What's being asked
Katherine L. Hobbins Forester and others ask the Supreme Court for an emergency injunction (a court order requiring or stopping action). They seek it while their appeal continues in the Seventh Circuit. The record does not say what the dispute concerns or what order the lower court made.
What happens next
Justice Barrett denied the first filing on August 27; Forester and others refiled on September 1, and that request is pending with Justice Thomas. The Court has not ruled on the refiling and can act at any time, with or without an explanation. No response deadline, referral to all justices, temporary pause, or argument date is listed; the Court can grant, deny, or partly grant it.
What it means
Granting the requested emergency injunction (a court order requiring or stopping action) would give Forester and others that order during their Seventh Circuit appeal. An emergency ruling is temporary and does not decide who wins the underlying case; the appeal continues in the Seventh Circuit. No related case asking the Court to decide the main question is listed, and no argument date is set.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 26A245. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.