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Emergency application

Bail during review

Bradley Lane Croft v. United States

Denied
No. 26A254Bail applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice AlitoFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on August 27, 2026 for release while the case continues.

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

Filed Ruled 13 days after filing

What's being asked

Bradley Lane Croft asks the Supreme Court to release him or grant him bail while his case is reviewed. The record does not explain the underlying dispute or describe the Fifth Circuit ruling he is challenging.

What the Court did

Justice Alito refused Croft’s request for emergency help (denied the application). That order 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 13 days after filing.

What it means

This temporary emergency ruling addresses only Croft’s request for release or bail, not who wins the underlying case. Any further proceedings remain in the Fifth Circuit; the record gives no details about them. The record lists no related Supreme Court case on the main legal question and no argument date for this application.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 26A254. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 5, 2026