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Emergency application

Pause on deportation

Okky Ficrada Jaya v. Todd Lyons, Acting Director, Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Denied
No. 26A31Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice KaganFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on July 9, 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 8 days after filing

What's being asked

Okky Ficrada Jaya asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause removal, seeking relief from a Ninth Circuit ruling. The record does not say what the ruling decided or explain the underlying dispute.

What the Court did

Justice Kagan refused emergency help by denying (formally rejecting) the request. The docket does not say 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 8 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency ruling does not decide who wins the underlying dispute; the Ninth Circuit ruling remains in place. No related Supreme Court case is listed, and no argument is set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 26A31. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026