What happened
Justice Sonia Sotomayor vacated an earlier stay in a Supreme Court emergency matter brought by Jose Duran, who is acting individually and as representative of a class of judgment creditors of the estate of Ferdinand E. Marcos.
The short order denied Duran's stay application after the government represented that it would not transfer the disputed funds outside the United States before the Supreme Court disposes of any petition for a writ of certiorari.
The order changes the immediate posture of the emergency application by lifting the stay Justice Sotomayor had previously issued on November 5, 2025, while leaving the government's representation as the stated reason for denying further stay relief.
For lawyers tracking the matter, the significance is procedural but practical: the court did not grant emergency relief, but the order records the government's assurance that the funds will remain in the country pending any certiorari disposition.
The supplied order does not describe the lower-court ruling, the nature of the funds, the government's full position, or whether a certiorari petition has been filed, leaving those issues for follow-up from the application, response and related docket materials.