Duran v. United States
Application for stay of judgment denied by Justice Sotomayor on Nov. 14, 2025.
Issue: Whether the Supreme Court should pause enforcement of a judgment granting control of $40 million in funds from the estate of Ferdinand Marcos held in an account in New York to the Republic of the Philippines while Filipino human rights victims who won a $2 billion judgment against the estate appeal the judgment.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 10/30/2025 | Application (25A515) for a stay, submitted to Justice Sotomayor. |
| 11/05/2025 | Ordered entered by Justice Sotomayor: Upon consideration of the application of counsel for the applicant, it is ordered that the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, case Nos. 24-185 and 25-186, is hereby recalled and stayed pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court. It is further ordered that a response to the applications be filed on or before Wednesday, November 12, 2025, by 4 p.m. (EST). |
| 11/12/2025 | Response to application from respondent United States filed. |
| 11/14/2025 | Order entered by Justice Sotomayor: Upon further consideration of the application of counsel for the applicant and response filed thereto, it is ordered that stay heretofore issued by Justice Sotomayor on November 5, 2025, is hereby vacated. Give the Government's representation that it will not transfer the funds outside of the United States before the disposition of any petition for a writ of certiorari, the application for stay is denied. |