Supreme Court·Emergency docket
Update: BOP transgender-care stay response due Oct. 8; Alito still out of Suncor
Solicitor General D. John Sauer’s emergency application in Trump v. Kingdom, No. 26A416, seeking to pause a D.C. district court order that blocks the Bureau of Prisons from enforcing its February 2026 ban on gender-transition surgeries, hormone therapy and related social accommodations for transgender inmates, still awaits a response due by 4 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 8, SCOTUSblog reported. Separately, Justice Samuel Alito will not participate in Suncor Energy v. Boulder County, No. 25-170, with oral argument still set for Monday, Oct. 5; as of midday’s check of coverage, the Court had not issued a new order on the administration’s third-country removal stay request in Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D.
Sources
- SCOTUSblogTrump administration asks justices to block lower court order on transgender inmate policy
- Supreme Court of the United StatesLetter to Counsel in No. 25-170 (Justice Alito will not continue to participate)
- SCOTUSblogJustice Alito will no longer participate in climate change dispute