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Emergency application

Mary Joanna Comer v. Daniel Joseph Tolan

Denied
No. 26A75Injunction applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice BarrettFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on September 4, 2026, so nothing changes while the case continues in the lower courts.

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

Filed Ruled 56 days after filing

What's being asked

Mary Joanna Comer asks the Supreme Court for an emergency injunction (a court order requiring someone to act or stop acting). The case names Daniel Joseph Tolan and others. Her request concerns an order from the Seventh Circuit appeals court, but the record does not describe it or the dispute.

What the Court did

The Court refused Comer’s request for emergency help and denied it (turned it down). This emergency ruling 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 282 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 56 days after filing.

What it means

Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide who wins the underlying case. The case continues in the Seventh Circuit appeals court. The docket 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. 26A75. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 18, 2026