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Emergency application

Pausing deportation

Danil Akhmetshin v. Todd Blanche, Attorney General

Denied
No. 26A261Stay 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 28, 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 9 days after filing

What's being asked

Danil Akhmetshin asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause his removal. The request names Todd Blanche, the attorney general, as the other party, and concerns a Fifth Circuit ruling. The docket gives no details about that ruling or the reasons for removal.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help: Justice Alito denied Akhmetshin’s request for a temporary pause of removal. The order does not decide the underlying dispute, and 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 9 days after filing.

What it means

This ruling concerns temporary emergency relief and does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The record names the Fifth Circuit as the lower court but gives no details about proceedings there. No related Supreme Court case or argument is listed.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 26A261. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 5, 2026