Interim Docket 2024
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Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's order barring the Secretary of Homeland Security from terminating a portion of the Temporary Protected Status designations for Venezuelan nationals.
Application for stay granted on Oct. 3, 2025. Justices Sotomayor and Kagan would deny the application. Justice Jackson wrote a dissenting opinion.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's order barring the Secretary of Homeland Security from terminating a portion of the Temporary Protected Status designations for Venezuelan nationals.
DecisionApplication for stay granted on Oct. 3, 2025. Justices Sotomayor and Kagan would deny the application. Justice Jackson wrote a dissenting opinion.
Whether the Supreme Court will issue a certificate of appealability to permit Jacob Matthew Medina's petition for habeas relief to proceed.
Application for a certificate of appealability denied by Justice Kagan on Sept. 29, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court will issue a certificate of appealability to permit Jacob Matthew Medina's petition for habeas relief to proceed.
DecisionApplication for a certificate of appealability denied by Justice Kagan on Sept. 29, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay a district court order requiring the Trump administration to make available for obligation billions of dollars in appropriated foreign-aid funds.
Application for stay granted on Sept. 26, 2025. Justice Kagan wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay a district court order requiring the Trump administration to make available for obligation billions of dollars in appropriated foreign-aid funds.
DecisionApplication for stay granted on Sept. 26, 2025. Justice Kagan wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay a ruling by a federal appeals court that requires the Trump administration to reinstate a commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission whom President Donald Trump fired this spring.
Application for stay granted on Sept. 22, 2025. Justice Kagan wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay a ruling by a federal appeals court that requires the Trump administration to reinstate a commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission whom President Donald Trump fired this spring.
DecisionApplication for stay granted on Sept. 22, 2025. Justice Kagan wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay a state trial in which the New Jersey Transit Corporation is a defendant where the court has granted certiorari to determine whether NJ Transit has sovereign immunity.
Application for stay granted on Sept. 19, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay a state trial in which the New Jersey Transit Corporation is a defendant where the court has granted certiorari to determine whether NJ Transit has sovereign immunity.
DecisionApplication for stay granted on Sept. 19, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay a federal appeals court's injunction that requires a public school in the state to allow a transgender student to use the boys' bathroom while challenging a state law that requires students to use bathrooms based on their biological sex at birth.
Application for stay pending appeal denied on Sept. 10, 2025. Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch would grant the application.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay a federal appeals court's injunction that requires a public school in the state to allow a transgender student to use the boys' bathroom while challenging a state law that requires students to use bathrooms based on their biological sex at birth.
DecisionApplication for stay pending appeal denied on Sept. 10, 2025. Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch would grant the application.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the extradition of Melvin Martinez-Guardado to Honduras pending appeal.
Application for stay of extradition denied by Justice Alito on Sept. 10, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the extradition of Melvin Martinez-Guardado to Honduras pending appeal.
DecisionApplication for stay of extradition denied by Justice Alito on Sept. 10, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay a district court order preventing federal immigration officers from relying on any combination of four factors – “apparent race or ethnicity,” speaking in Spanish or accented English, presence at a location where undocumented immigrants “are known to gather,” and working at specific jobs, such as landscaping or construction – to justify conducting detentive stops in seven southern California counties, including Los Angeles.
Application for stay of district court order granted on Sept. 8, 2025. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a concurring opinion. Justice Sotomayor wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay a district court order preventing federal immigration officers from relying on any combination of four factors – “apparent race or ethnicity,” speaking in Spanish or accented English, presence at a location where undocumented immigrants “are known to gather,” and working at specific jobs, such as landscaping or construction – to justify conducting detentive stops in seven southern California counties, including Los Angeles.
DecisionApplication for stay of district court order granted on Sept. 8, 2025. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a concurring opinion. Justice Sotomayor wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay a district court order requiring the Trump administration to make available for obligation tens of billions of dollars in appropriated foreign-aid funds.
Application for stay withdrawn on Aug. 29, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay a district court order requiring the Trump administration to make available for obligation tens of billions of dollars in appropriated foreign-aid funds.
DecisionApplication for stay withdrawn on Aug. 29, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay an order requiring a payment from SDM Holdings on behalf of Avon Capital, LLC to Universitas Education, LLC.
Application for stay of order for the disbursement of funds denied by Justice Gorsuch on Aug. 29, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay an order requiring a payment from SDM Holdings on behalf of Avon Capital, LLC to Universitas Education, LLC.
DecisionApplication for stay of order for the disbursement of funds denied by Justice Gorsuch on Aug. 29, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay district court judgments blocking the National Institutes of Health from terminating grants
Application for stay of district court judgments granted in part and denied in part on Aug. 21, 2025. Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson would deny in full. Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh would grant in full.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay district court judgments blocking the National Institutes of Health from terminating grants
DecisionApplication for stay of district court judgments granted in part and denied in part on Aug. 21, 2025. Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson would deny in full. Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh would grant in full.
Whether the Supreme Court will issue a certificate of appealability to permit Simon Hessler's petition for habeas relief to proceed.
Application for a certificate of appealability denied by Justice Sotomayor on Aug. 21, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court will issue a certificate of appealability to permit Simon Hessler's petition for habeas relief to proceed.
DecisionApplication for a certificate of appealability denied by Justice Sotomayor on Aug. 21, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should reinstate a preliminary injunction blocking Mississippi's online age verification law from taking effect
Application to vacate an appeals court's stay of a preliminary injunction denied on Aug. 14, 2025. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a concurring opinion.
Whether the Supreme Court should reinstate a preliminary injunction blocking Mississippi's online age verification law from taking effect
DecisionApplication to vacate an appeals court's stay of a preliminary injunction denied on Aug. 14, 2025. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a concurring opinion.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay an appeals court mandate stating that private plaintiffs cannot rely on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to file suit under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
Application to recall and stay an appeals court mandate granted on July 24, 2025. Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch would deny the application.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay an appeals court mandate stating that private plaintiffs cannot rely on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to file suit under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
DecisionApplication to recall and stay an appeals court mandate granted on July 24, 2025. Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch would deny the application.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's judgment reinstating three members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission who had been removed by President Donald Trump.
Application for stay pending appeal granted on July 23, 2025. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a concurring opinion. Justice Kagan wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's judgment reinstating three members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission who had been removed by President Donald Trump.
DecisionApplication for stay pending appeal granted on July 23, 2025. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a concurring opinion. Justice Kagan wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay an appeals court mandate certifying petitioner's extradition to Ecuador to stand trial for a charge of sexual abuse.
Emergency application to recall and stay a district court order denied by Justice Sotomayor on July 15, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay an appeals court mandate certifying petitioner's extradition to Ecuador to stand trial for a charge of sexual abuse.
DecisionEmergency application to recall and stay a district court order denied by Justice Sotomayor on July 15, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay a district court order requiring the government to reinstate Department of Education employees fired as part of a reduction in force.
Application for stay granted on July 14, 2025. Justice Sotomayor wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay a district court order requiring the government to reinstate Department of Education employees fired as part of a reduction in force.
DecisionApplication for stay granted on July 14, 2025. Justice Sotomayor wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's preliminary injunction preventing Florida from enforcing SB 4-C, a law that criminalizes the entry into and presence within Florida of those who have illegally entered the United States.
Emergency application for stay pending appeal denied on July 9, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's preliminary injunction preventing Florida from enforcing SB 4-C, a law that criminalizes the entry into and presence within Florida of those who have illegally entered the United States.
DecisionEmergency application for stay pending appeal denied on July 9, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's nationwide injunction barring the executive branch from formulating and implementing plans to initiate large-scale reductions of the federal workforce.
Application for stay granted on July 8, 2025. Justice Sotomayor wrote a concurring opinion. Justice Jackson wrote a dissenting opinion.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's nationwide injunction barring the executive branch from formulating and implementing plans to initiate large-scale reductions of the federal workforce.
DecisionApplication for stay granted on July 8, 2025. Justice Sotomayor wrote a concurring opinion. Justice Jackson wrote a dissenting opinion.
Whether to stay the mandate issued by the King County Superior Court of Washington and affirmed by the Washington State Court of Appeals that requires John Does — four former and current Seattle police officers who attended President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6, 2021 — to refile their lawsuit regarding public record requests under their true names.
Emergency application for stay of mandate denied by Justice Kagan on July 8, 2025.
Whether to stay the mandate issued by the King County Superior Court of Washington and affirmed by the Washington State Court of Appeals that requires John Does — four former and current Seattle police officers who attended President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6, 2021 — to refile their lawsuit regarding public record requests under their true names.
DecisionEmergency application for stay of mandate denied by Justice Kagan on July 8, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district courts' nationwide preliminary injunctions on the Trump administration’s Jan. 20 executive order ending birthright citizenship except as to the individual plaintiffs and identified members of the organizational plaintiffs or states.
Application for partial stay granted on June 27, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district courts' nationwide preliminary injunctions on the Trump administration’s Jan. 20 executive order ending birthright citizenship except as to the individual plaintiffs and identified members of the organizational plaintiffs or states.
DecisionApplication for partial stay granted on June 27, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district courts' preliminary injunctions except as to the individual plaintiffs and identified members of the organizational plaintiffs or states.
Application for partial stay granted on June 27, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district courts' preliminary injunctions except as to the individual plaintiffs and identified members of the organizational plaintiffs or states.
DecisionApplication for partial stay granted on June 27, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district courts' preliminary injunctions except as to the individual plaintiffs and identified members of the organizational plaintiffs or states.
Application for partial stay granted on June 27, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district courts' preliminary injunctions except as to the individual plaintiffs and identified members of the organizational plaintiffs or states.
DecisionApplication for partial stay granted on June 27, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay a district court order preventing DHS from removing non-citizens to a country not specifically identified in their removal order unless DHS assesses any potential claims such persons may have under the Convention Against Torture.
Application for stay granted on June 23, 2025. Justice Sotomayor wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson. The court granted a motion for clarification on July 3, 2025. Kagan wrote a concurring opinion. Sotomayor wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Jackson.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay a district court order preventing DHS from removing non-citizens to a country not specifically identified in their removal order unless DHS assesses any potential claims such persons may have under the Convention Against Torture.
DecisionApplication for stay granted on June 23, 2025. Justice Sotomayor wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson. The court granted a motion for clarification on July 3, 2025. Kagan wrote a concurring opinion. Sotomayor wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Jackson.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay a circuit court's mandate associated with its judgment that 11 U.S.C. § 524 divests a bankruptcy court's authority.
Application for stay denied by Justice Alito on June 9, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay a circuit court's mandate associated with its judgment that 11 U.S.C. § 524 divests a bankruptcy court's authority.
DecisionApplication for stay denied by Justice Alito on June 9, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's injunction blocking Department of Government Efficiency team members and affiliates from accessing Social Security Administration record systems.
Application for stay granted on June 6, 2025. Justice Kagan would deny the application. Justice Jackson wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justice Sotomayor.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's injunction blocking Department of Government Efficiency team members and affiliates from accessing Social Security Administration record systems.
DecisionApplication for stay granted on June 6, 2025. Justice Kagan would deny the application. Justice Jackson wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justice Sotomayor.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's orders permitting discovery of certain DOGE materials pursuant to FOIA.
Application for stay granted on June 6, 2025. Justices Kagan, Sotomayor, and Jackson would deny the application.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's orders permitting discovery of certain DOGE materials pursuant to FOIA.
DecisionApplication for stay granted on June 6, 2025. Justices Kagan, Sotomayor, and Jackson would deny the application.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's order holding that the Secretary of Homeland Security lacked authority to revoke the categorical grant of parole to 532,000 non-citizens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, without providing individualized, case-by-case consideration for each person.
Application for stay granted on May 30, 2025. Justice Jackson wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justice Sotomayor.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's order holding that the Secretary of Homeland Security lacked authority to revoke the categorical grant of parole to 532,000 non-citizens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, without providing individualized, case-by-case consideration for each person.
DecisionApplication for stay granted on May 30, 2025. Justice Jackson wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justice Sotomayor.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's nationwide injunction barring the executive branch from formulating and implementing plans to initiate large-scale reductions of the federal workforce.
Application for stay withdrawn on May 27, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's nationwide injunction barring the executive branch from formulating and implementing plans to initiate large-scale reductions of the federal workforce.
DecisionApplication for stay withdrawn on May 27, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's orders reinstating Gwynne Wilcox and Cathy Harris to the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board.
Application for stay granted on May 22, 2025. Justice Kagan wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's orders reinstating Gwynne Wilcox and Cathy Harris to the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board.
DecisionApplication for stay granted on May 22, 2025. Justice Kagan wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson.
Whether the Supreme Court should grant an injunction to restore Maine State Representative Laurel Libby's right to vote in the Maine House after she was censured for a social media post criticizing the state's policy of allowing transgender athletes to participate in girls sports.
Application for injunction granted on May 20, 2025. Justices Sotomayor would deny the injunction. Justice Jackson wrote a dissenting opinion.
Whether the Supreme Court should grant an injunction to restore Maine State Representative Laurel Libby's right to vote in the Maine House after she was censured for a social media post criticizing the state's policy of allowing transgender athletes to participate in girls sports.
DecisionApplication for injunction granted on May 20, 2025. Justices Sotomayor would deny the injunction. Justice Jackson wrote a dissenting opinion.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's order barring the Secretary of Homeland Security from terminating a portion of the Temporary Protected Status designations for Venezuelan nationals.
Application for stay granted on May 19, 2025. Justice Jackson would deny the application.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's order barring the Secretary of Homeland Security from terminating a portion of the Temporary Protected Status designations for Venezuelan nationals.
DecisionApplication for stay granted on May 19, 2025. Justice Jackson would deny the application.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the removal of a proposed class of Venezuelan men in immigration custody and preserve the status quo for individuals challenging their removal under the Alien Enemies Act in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Application for stay granted on May 16, 2025. The judgment of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit is vacated and the case is remanded with instruction. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a concurring opinion. Justice Alito wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justice Thomas.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the removal of a proposed class of Venezuelan men in immigration custody and preserve the status quo for individuals challenging their removal under the Alien Enemies Act in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
DecisionApplication for stay granted on May 16, 2025. The judgment of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit is vacated and the case is remanded with instruction. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a concurring opinion. Justice Alito wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justice Thomas.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's injunction blocking the Department of Defense from enforcing its policy which generally disqualifies from military service individuals who have gender dysphoria or have undergone medical interventions for gender dysphoria.
Application for stay granted on May 6, 2025. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson would deny the application.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's injunction blocking the Department of Defense from enforcing its policy which generally disqualifies from military service individuals who have gender dysphoria or have undergone medical interventions for gender dysphoria.
DecisionApplication for stay granted on May 6, 2025. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson would deny the application.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit's denial of Rachel Cherwitz and Nicole Daedone's mandamus petition to block the dissemination of stolen privileged corporate documents at their May 5 trial.
Application for stay denied by Justice Sotomayor on April 29, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit's denial of Rachel Cherwitz and Nicole Daedone's mandamus petition to block the dissemination of stolen privileged corporate documents at their May 5 trial.
DecisionApplication for stay denied by Justice Sotomayor on April 29, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should grant an emergency stay of removal pending disposition of a forthcoming petition for writ of certiorari regarding Fabian Lagunas-Espinoza and his family, who fled cartel violence in Mexico.
Application for stay of removal denied by Justice Kagan on April 17, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should grant an emergency stay of removal pending disposition of a forthcoming petition for writ of certiorari regarding Fabian Lagunas-Espinoza and his family, who fled cartel violence in Mexico.
DecisionApplication for stay of removal denied by Justice Kagan on April 17, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should vacate U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis’s order to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States.
Application to vacate injunction granted in part and denied in part on April 10, 2025. The deadline in the challenged order is no longer effective. The rest of the district court’s order remains in effect but requires clarification on remand.
Whether the Supreme Court should vacate U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis’s order to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States.
DecisionApplication to vacate injunction granted in part and denied in part on April 10, 2025. The deadline in the challenged order is no longer effective. The rest of the district court’s order remains in effect but requires clarification on remand.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's injunction ordering six departments and agencies to immediately offer reinstatement to over 16,000 employees who were laid off.
Application for stay granted on April 8, 2025. Justice Sotomayor and Jackson would deny the application.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's injunction ordering six departments and agencies to immediately offer reinstatement to over 16,000 employees who were laid off.
DecisionApplication for stay granted on April 8, 2025. Justice Sotomayor and Jackson would deny the application.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay Tahawwur Rana's extradition and surrender to India, where there are substantial grounds to believe he would be in danger of being subject to torture.
Application for a certificate of appealability denied on March 31, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay Tahawwur Rana's extradition and surrender to India, where there are substantial grounds to believe he would be in danger of being subject to torture.
DecisionApplication for a certificate of appealability denied on March 31, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should vacate the district court's order blocking the Trump administration from summary removal under the Alien Enemies Act.
Application to vacate order granted on April 7, 2025. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a concurring opinion. Justice Sotomayor wrote a dissenting opinion, joined in full by Justices Kagan and Jackson, and in part by Justice Barrett.
Whether the Supreme Court should vacate the district court's order blocking the Trump administration from summary removal under the Alien Enemies Act.
DecisionApplication to vacate order granted on April 7, 2025. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a concurring opinion. Justice Sotomayor wrote a dissenting opinion, joined in full by Justices Kagan and Jackson, and in part by Justice Barrett.
Whether the Supreme Court should vacate the district court's March 10 order which requires the government to immediately reinstate millions of dollars in federal grants that had been terminated.
Application to vacate order granted on April 4, 2025. Chief Justice Roberts would deny the application. Justice Kagan wrote a dissenting opinion. Justice Jackson wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justice Sotomayor.
Whether the Supreme Court should vacate the district court's March 10 order which requires the government to immediately reinstate millions of dollars in federal grants that had been terminated.
DecisionApplication to vacate order granted on April 4, 2025. Chief Justice Roberts would deny the application. Justice Kagan wrote a dissenting opinion. Justice Jackson wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justice Sotomayor.
Whether the Supreme Court should issue an injunction to block New York’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program Amendment, which permanently extinguishes the contracts of hundreds of businesses on April 1, as a violation of the takings and contracts clauses of the Constitution.
Application for injunction denied by Justice Sotomayor on March 31, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should issue an injunction to block New York’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program Amendment, which permanently extinguishes the contracts of hundreds of businesses on April 1, as a violation of the takings and contracts clauses of the Constitution.
DecisionApplication for injunction denied by Justice Sotomayor on March 31, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the lower court's judgment to prevent the expedited proceedings from going forward.
Application for stay denied by Chief Justice Roberts on March 14, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the lower court's judgment to prevent the expedited proceedings from going forward.
DecisionApplication for stay denied by Chief Justice Roberts on March 14, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should vacate the temporary restraining order issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia restoring Hampton Dellinger to office as head of the Office of Special Counsel from which the president had removed him.
Application to vacate order denied as moot on March 6, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should vacate the temporary restraining order issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia restoring Hampton Dellinger to office as head of the Office of Special Counsel from which the president had removed him.
DecisionApplication to vacate order denied as moot on March 6, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should vacate the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia's order requiring the executive branch to pay nearly $2 billion to nonprofits and businesses that receive federal foreign-assistance funding for reimbursements of contracts and grants for work completed before Feb. 13, 2025.
Application to vacate order denied on March 5, 2025. Justice Alito wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh.
Whether the Supreme Court should vacate the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia's order requiring the executive branch to pay nearly $2 billion to nonprofits and businesses that receive federal foreign-assistance funding for reimbursements of contracts and grants for work completed before Feb. 13, 2025.
DecisionApplication to vacate order denied on March 5, 2025. Justice Alito wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh.
Whether the Supreme Court should grant a stay of judgment.
Application for stay denied by Justice Sotomayor on Feb. 13, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should grant a stay of judgment.
DecisionApplication for stay denied by Justice Sotomayor on Feb. 13, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the mandate of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ordering a second trial while refusing to address a preserved sufficiency challenge on remand in light of Ciminelli v. United States.
Application for stay of mandate denied by Justice Sotomayor on Feb. 3, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the mandate of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ordering a second trial while refusing to address a preserved sufficiency challenge on remand in light of Ciminelli v. United States.
DecisionApplication for stay of mandate denied by Justice Sotomayor on Feb. 3, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the Food and Drug Administration’s marketing denial order with respect to Premarket Tobacco Product Application.
Application for stay denied by Justice Thomas on Jan. 31, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the Food and Drug Administration’s marketing denial order with respect to Premarket Tobacco Product Application.
DecisionApplication for stay denied by Justice Thomas on Jan. 31, 2025.
Whether the court should stay the district court's universal injunction enjoining the Corporate Transparency Act, the 2021 anti-money-laundering law that requires companies to report identifying information about their owners.
Application for stay granted on Jan. 23, 2025. Justice Gorsuch wrote a concurring opinion. Justice Jackson wrote a dissenting opinion.
Whether the court should stay the district court's universal injunction enjoining the Corporate Transparency Act, the 2021 anti-money-laundering law that requires companies to report identifying information about their owners.
DecisionApplication for stay granted on Jan. 23, 2025. Justice Gorsuch wrote a concurring opinion. Justice Jackson wrote a dissenting opinion.
Whether the Supreme Court should issue an injunction to stop California from enforcing its program of professional discipline for licensed physicians’ viewpoint speech on COVID-19.
Application for injunction denied by Justice Kagan on Jan. 21, 2025.
Whether the Supreme Court should issue an injunction to stop California from enforcing its program of professional discipline for licensed physicians’ viewpoint speech on COVID-19.
DecisionApplication for injunction denied by Justice Kagan on Jan. 21, 2025.
(1) Whether Donald Trump is entitled to an automatic stay of criminal proceedings against him in state court while his claims of presidential immunity from criminal prosecution are addressed on interlocutory appeal to New York’s appellate courts and, if necessary, this court; (2) whether the trial court’s admission and use of evidence of Trump’s official acts in a state-court jury trial on criminal charges violated the doctrine of presidential immunity recognized in Trump v. United States; and (3) whether a sitting president’s complete immunity from criminal prosecution during his term in office extends to the president-elect of the United States during the brief but crucial period between his election, his certification as the president-elect, which has now occurred, and his inauguration, as he conducts presidential transition activities that are integral and preparatory to his imminent assumption of the executive power of the United States.
Application for stay denied on Jan. 9, 2025. Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh would grant the application.
(1) Whether Donald Trump is entitled to an automatic stay of criminal proceedings against him in state court while his claims of presidential immunity from criminal prosecution are addressed on interlocutory appeal to New York’s appellate courts and, if necessary, this court; (2) whether the trial court’s admission and use of evidence of Trump’s official acts in a state-court jury trial on criminal charges violated the doctrine of presidential immunity recognized in Trump v. United States; and (3) whether a sitting president’s complete immunity from criminal prosecution during his term in office extends to the president-elect of the United States during the brief but crucial period between his election, his certification as the president-elect, which has now occurred, and his inauguration, as he conducts presidential transition activities that are integral and preparatory to his imminent assumption of the executive power of the United States.
DecisionApplication for stay denied on Jan. 9, 2025. Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh would grant the application.
Whether the Supreme Court should recall and stay the mandate of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit which held that a new expert report can restart the clock for filing a habeas petition that is otherwise untimely.
Application for stay denied on Dec. 17, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should recall and stay the mandate of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit which held that a new expert report can restart the clock for filing a habeas petition that is otherwise untimely.
DecisionApplication for stay denied on Dec. 17, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the EPA's rule regarding the disposal of coal combustion residuals.
Application for stay denied on Dec. 11, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the EPA's rule regarding the disposal of coal combustion residuals.
DecisionApplication for stay denied on Dec. 11, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit’s mandate to give Ruel Hamilton the opportunity to seek review of questions concerning his right to be free from double jeopardy.
Application for stay denied on Dec. 10, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit’s mandate to give Ruel Hamilton the opportunity to seek review of questions concerning his right to be free from double jeopardy.
DecisionApplication for stay denied on Dec. 10, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should recall and stay the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit’s mandate ordering a new trial in an attempted-murder case.
Application for stay and recall of mandate denied on Nov. 22, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should recall and stay the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit’s mandate ordering a new trial in an attempted-murder case.
DecisionApplication for stay and recall of mandate denied on Nov. 22, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should issue an injunction to protect the public viewpoint speech of Washington licensed physicians, which has been characterized as "misinformation," from investigation, prosecution, and sanctioning by the state.
Application for injunction denied on Nov. 20, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should issue an injunction to protect the public viewpoint speech of Washington licensed physicians, which has been characterized as "misinformation," from investigation, prosecution, and sanctioning by the state.
DecisionApplication for injunction denied on Nov. 20, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit’s mandate so that Samuel Boima may pursue his challenge to how the lower court determined what constitutes a "serious" crime warranting involuntary medication.
Application for stay withdrawn on Nov. 19, 2024, as the district court dismissed the criminal complaint against Boima.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit’s mandate so that Samuel Boima may pursue his challenge to how the lower court determined what constitutes a "serious" crime warranting involuntary medication.
DecisionApplication for stay withdrawn on Nov. 19, 2024, as the district court dismissed the criminal complaint against Boima.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court’s preliminary injunction of the federal government’s Keeping Families Together guidance granting parole "in place" to certain noncitizens who have been in the country for at least a decade, are married to, or are the stepchild of a U.S. citizen, and meet other criteria.
Application for stay denied as moot on Nov. 12, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court’s preliminary injunction of the federal government’s Keeping Families Together guidance granting parole "in place" to certain noncitizens who have been in the country for at least a decade, are married to, or are the stepchild of a U.S. citizen, and meet other criteria.
DecisionApplication for stay denied as moot on Nov. 12, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court’s order directing John Doe to disclose his name within 14 days or have his Title IX case involuntarily dismissed.
Application for stay denied by Justice Barrett on Nov. 12, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court’s order directing John Doe to disclose his name within 14 days or have his Title IX case involuntarily dismissed.
DecisionApplication for stay denied by Justice Barrett on Nov. 12, 2024.
Whether Eric Dean Sheppard should be issued bail pending appeal of his conviction for wire fraud, which raises the same question the court will hear in Kousisis v. United States.
Application for bail denied by Justice Thomas on Nov. 7, 2024.
Whether Eric Dean Sheppard should be issued bail pending appeal of his conviction for wire fraud, which raises the same question the court will hear in Kousisis v. United States.
DecisionApplication for bail denied by Justice Thomas on Nov. 7, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision requiring election officials to count the provisional ballots of voters whose mail-in ballots were deemed invalid by a ballot-sorting machine.
Application for stay denied on Nov. 1, 2024. Justice Alito wrote a statement respecting the denial, joined by Justices Thomas and Gorsuch.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision requiring election officials to count the provisional ballots of voters whose mail-in ballots were deemed invalid by a ballot-sorting machine.
DecisionApplication for stay denied on Nov. 1, 2024. Justice Alito wrote a statement respecting the denial, joined by Justices Thomas and Gorsuch.
Whether the Supreme Court should issue an injunction pending appeal directing the Pennsylvania Department of State to post information at all polling locations across Pennsylvania on Election Day to inform voters that they can write in Cornel West for president.
Application for injunction denied by Justice Alito on Oct. 31, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should issue an injunction pending appeal directing the Pennsylvania Department of State to post information at all polling locations across Pennsylvania on Election Day to inform voters that they can write in Cornel West for president.
DecisionApplication for injunction denied by Justice Alito on Oct. 31, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's injunction and allow Virginia to continue its program aimed at removing noncitizens from the state voting rolls.
Application for stay granted on Oct. 30, 2024. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson would deny the application.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's injunction and allow Virginia to continue its program aimed at removing noncitizens from the state voting rolls.
DecisionApplication for stay granted on Oct. 30, 2024. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson would deny the application.
Whether the Wisconsin Election Commission should remove Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as a candidate for president, with a sticker covering his name, on the state's general election ballot.
Application for injunction denied on Oct. 29, 2024.
Whether the Wisconsin Election Commission should remove Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as a candidate for president, with a sticker covering his name, on the state's general election ballot.
DecisionApplication for injunction denied on Oct. 29, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should grant an emergency injunction ordering Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to remove Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s name from the state’s ballot.
Application for injunction denied on Oct. 29, 2024. Justice Gorsuch dissented.
Whether the Supreme Court should grant an emergency injunction ordering Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to remove Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s name from the state’s ballot.
DecisionApplication for injunction denied on Oct. 29, 2024. Justice Gorsuch dissented.
Whether the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act’s enforcement provisions facially violate the private-nondelegation doctrine.
Application for stay of mandate granted on Oct. 28, 2024. Justice Jackson wrote a dissenting opinion.
Whether the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act’s enforcement provisions facially violate the private-nondelegation doctrine.
DecisionApplication for stay of mandate granted on Oct. 28, 2024. Justice Jackson wrote a dissenting opinion.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit's mandate that South Carolina's attorney general had waived any immunity the state's Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism has.
Application for stay of mandate denied by Chief Justice Roberts on Oct. 23, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should stay the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit's mandate that South Carolina's attorney general had waived any immunity the state's Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism has.
DecisionApplication for stay of mandate denied by Chief Justice Roberts on Oct. 23, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should temporarily block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing a rule aimed at curbing planet-warming emissions from power plants.
Application for stay denied on Oct. 16, 2024. Justice Thomas would grant the applications for stay. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a statement respecting the denial, joined by Justice Gorsuch.
Whether the Supreme Court should temporarily block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing a rule aimed at curbing planet-warming emissions from power plants.
DecisionApplication for stay denied on Oct. 16, 2024. Justice Thomas would grant the applications for stay. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a statement respecting the denial, joined by Justice Gorsuch.
Whether the Supreme Court should temporarily block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing a rule aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing electric generating units.
Application for stay denied on Oct. 16, 2024. Justice Thomas would grant the applications for stay. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a statement respecting the denial, joined by Justice Gorsuch.
Whether the Supreme Court should temporarily block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing a rule aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing electric generating units.
DecisionApplication for stay denied on Oct. 16, 2024. Justice Thomas would grant the applications for stay. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a statement respecting the denial, joined by Justice Gorsuch.
Whether the Supreme Court should temporarily block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing a rule aimed at curbing planet-warming emissions from power plants.
Application for stay denied on Oct. 16, 2024. Justice Thomas would grant the applications for stay. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a statement respecting the denial, joined by Justice Gorsuch.
Whether the Supreme Court should temporarily block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing a rule aimed at curbing planet-warming emissions from power plants.
DecisionApplication for stay denied on Oct. 16, 2024. Justice Thomas would grant the applications for stay. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a statement respecting the denial, joined by Justice Gorsuch.
Whether the Supreme Court should temporarily block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing a rule aimed at curbing planet-warming emissions from power plants.
Application for stay denied on Oct. 16, 2024. Justice Thomas would grant the applications for stay. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a statement respecting the denial, joined by Justice Gorsuch.
Whether the Supreme Court should temporarily block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing a rule aimed at curbing planet-warming emissions from power plants.
DecisionApplication for stay denied on Oct. 16, 2024. Justice Thomas would grant the applications for stay. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a statement respecting the denial, joined by Justice Gorsuch.
Whether the Supreme Court should temporarily block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing a rule aimed at curbing planet-warming emissions from power plants.
Application for stay denied on Oct. 16, 2024. Justice Thomas would grant the applications for stay. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a statement respecting the denial, joined by Justice Gorsuch.
Whether the Supreme Court should temporarily block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing a rule aimed at curbing planet-warming emissions from power plants.
DecisionApplication for stay denied on Oct. 16, 2024. Justice Thomas would grant the applications for stay. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a statement respecting the denial, joined by Justice Gorsuch.
Whether the Supreme Court should temporarily block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing a rule aimed at curbing planet-warming emissions from power plants.
Application for stay denied on Oct. 16, 2024. Justice Thomas would grant the applications for stay. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a statement respecting the denial, joined by Justice Gorsuch.
Whether the Supreme Court should temporarily block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing a rule aimed at curbing planet-warming emissions from power plants.
DecisionApplication for stay denied on Oct. 16, 2024. Justice Thomas would grant the applications for stay. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a statement respecting the denial, joined by Justice Gorsuch.
Whether the Supreme Court should temporarily block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing a rule aimed at curbing planet-warming emissions from power plants.
Application for stay denied on Oct. 16, 2024. Justice Thomas would grant the applications for stay. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a statement respecting the denial, joined by Justice Gorsuch.
Whether the Supreme Court should temporarily block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing a rule aimed at curbing planet-warming emissions from power plants.
DecisionApplication for stay denied on Oct. 16, 2024. Justice Thomas would grant the applications for stay. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a statement respecting the denial, joined by Justice Gorsuch.
Whether the Supreme Court should temporarily block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing a rule aimed at curbing planet-warming emissions from power plants.
Application for stay denied on Oct. 16, 2024. Justice Thomas would grant the applications for stay. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a statement respecting the denial, joined by Justice Gorsuch.
Whether the Supreme Court should temporarily block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing a rule aimed at curbing planet-warming emissions from power plants.
DecisionApplication for stay denied on Oct. 16, 2024. Justice Thomas would grant the applications for stay. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a statement respecting the denial, joined by Justice Gorsuch.
Whether the Supreme Court should preliminarily enjoin the National Labor Relations Board from proceeding with administrative hearings against YAPP.
Application for injunction denied by Justice Kavanaugh on Oct. 15, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should preliminarily enjoin the National Labor Relations Board from proceeding with administrative hearings against YAPP.
DecisionApplication for injunction denied by Justice Kavanaugh on Oct. 15, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should vacate the gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump by Judge Juan Merchan in Trump's criminal trial in New York.
Application for stay denied on Oct. 8, 2024.
Whether the Supreme Court should vacate the gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump by Judge Juan Merchan in Trump's criminal trial in New York.
DecisionApplication for stay denied on Oct. 8, 2024.