The Supreme Court’s emergency docket, also known as the shadow docket, consists of applications seeking immediate action from the court. Unlike the merits docket, these cases are handled on an expedited basis with limited briefing and typically no oral argument, and the court often resolves them in unsigned orders with little or no explanation. This page shows significant emergency applications that have been filed during the current term.

Applications involving the death penalty are shaded in gray. Applications involving all other topics are in white.

Decided applications are listed by decision date. View this list sorted by case name.