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People Not Politicians, et al., Applicants v. Robert Onder, et al.
Application · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 26-2797
Application granted · September 25, 2026
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Abha Khanna
Elias Law Group LLP
For respondent
Cole David Bradbury
Ellinger Bell LLC
Case
Conference history
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Amicus briefs
4 cert-stage
Argument & decision
Decided September 25, 2026. Opinion by Per Curiam.
Proceedings
- Sep 25 2026Application (26A388) referred to the Court.
- Sep 25 2026Application (26A388) for stay presented to Justice Kavanaugh and by him referred to the Court is granted. The September 21, 2026, mandate and September 22, 2026, order entered by the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in No. 26–2797, and the September 21, 2026, and September 22, 2026, injunctions entered by the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, No. 4:26–cv–01424, ECF Docs. 57 and 60, are stayed absent any further order of this Court lifting such stays. The prior stay entered by this Court on September 10, 2026, likewise remains in effect pending any further order of this Court lifting that stay. The District Court and Court of Appeals should not enjoin or otherwise prohibit the use of the 2022 map in the 2026 congressional election in Missouri. And the District Court and Court of Appeals should not order or otherwise require Missouri to use the 2025 map in the 2026 congressional election in Missouri. Opinion per curiam. (Detached Opinion)
- Sep 25 2026Amicus brief of One Hundred Ten Missouri Voters submitted.
- Sep 23 2026Amicus brief of One Hundred Ten Missouri Voters not accepted for filing. (September 25, 2026)
- Sep 23 2026Brief amici curiae of Campaign Legal Center, et al. filed.
- Sep 23 2026Brief amici curiae of Jake Maggard, et al. filed.
- Sep 23 2026Response to application from respondent Missouri and Secretary of State Denny Hoskins filed.
- Sep 23 2026Reply of applicants People Not Politicians, et al. filed.
- Sep 23 2026Amicus brief of States of Florida, Texas, and 20 other states submitted.
- Sep 23 2026Response of Robert Onder, et al. to application submitted.
- Sep 22 2026Application (26A388) for a stay, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
- Sep 22 2026Response to application (26A388) requested by Justice Kavanaugh, due by 2 p.m. (EDT) on September 23, 2026.