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Emergency application

Dalton D. Banks v. Tammy Brown

Denied
No. 26A391Stay 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 September 25, 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

Dalton D. Banks asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The record does not explain what that ruling or the underlying dispute concerns.

What the Court did

Justice Thomas refused Banks's emergency request, denying a temporary pause of the Eleventh Circuit ruling. This does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. 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 300 rulings on applications decided without a response came 8 to 28 days after filing, and the median was 14 days; this one was ruled on 9 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency ruling concerns only a temporary pause and does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The Eleventh Circuit ruling remains in effect. The record lists no related Supreme Court case and no argument date.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 26A391. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked November 3, 2026