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No. 25A539
 
Title: Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture, et al., Applicants
v.
Rhode Island State Council of Churches, et al.
Docketed: November 7, 2025
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
   Case Numbers: (25-2089)
 
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Nov 07 2025 Application (25A539) for a stay, submitted to Justice Jackson.
Main Document Lower Court Orders/Opinions Proof of Service
Nov 07 2025 Letter of applicant Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture, et al. filed.
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Nov 07 2025 The applicants are seeking a stay of two orders of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, case No. 1:25-cv-569. See D. Ct. Minute Entry (Oct. 31, 2025) and Docket Number 34 (Nov. 6, 2025). These orders require the applicants to fully fund benefits for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (“SNAP”) for the month of November, and to distribute that funding by the end of the day on November 7, 2025 (today). Earlier today, the applicants asked the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to stay the District Court’s orders pending appeal, and to issue an administrative stay to facilitate its consideration of that stay motion. At 6:08 p.m., the First Circuit denied the applicants’ request for an administrative stay, but stated that it “intend[s] to issue a decision on [the stay pending appeal] motion as quickly as possible.” Rhode Island State Council of Churches v. Rollins,Ibid. Given the First Circuit’s representations, an administrative stay is required to facilitate the First Circuit’s expeditious resolution of the pending stay motion. IT IS ORDERED that the District Court’s orders are hereby administratively stayed pending disposition of the motion for a stay pending appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in case No. 25-2089 or further order of Justice Jackson or of the Court. This administrative stay will terminate forty-eight hours after the First Circuit’s resolution of the pending motion, which the First Circuit is expected to issue with dispatch.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
D. John Sauer
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
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Washington, DC 20530-0001
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Party name: Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture, et al.

 

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