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Emergency application

Cristina Lancranjan v. Brett Truitt

Denied
No. 26A617Stay 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 October 30, 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 4 days after filing

What's being asked

Cristina Lancranjan asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The record does not describe that ruling or explain what dispute Lancranjan, Brett Truitt, and the other named parties are fighting about.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help: Justice Kagan denied Lancranjan’s request for a temporary pause. The Ninth Circuit ruling was not paused, but this order does not decide 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 294 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 4 days after filing.

What it means

The Ninth Circuit ruling remains in place, and this emergency decision does not decide who wins the underlying case. 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. 26A617. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked November 2, 2026