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Cite as:  601 U. S. ____ (2023) 

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BARRETT, J., concurring 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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No. 23A814 
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UNITED STATES v. TEXAS, ET AL. 

ON APPLICATION TO VACATE STAY 

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No. 23A815 
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LAS AMERICAS IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY CENTER, 
ET AL. v. STEVEN MCCRAW, DIRECTOR, TEXAS 
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, ET AL. 

ON APPLICATION TO VACATE STAY 

[March 19, 2024] 

The  applications  to  vacate  stay  presented  to  JUSTICE 
ALITO  and  by  him  referred  to  the  Court  are  denied.    The 
orders heretofore entered by JUSTICE ALITO are vacated.

 JUSTICE  BARRETT,  with  whom  JUSTICE  KAVANAUGH 

joins, concurring in denial of applications to vacate stay. 

If the Fifth Circuit had issued a stay pending appeal, this 
Court would apply the four-factor test set forth in Nken v. 
Holder—including, as relevant in this Court, an assessment 
of certworthiness—to decide whether to vacate it.  556 U. S. 
418, 434 (2009); Does 1–3 v. Mills, 595 U. S. ___, ___ (2021) 
(BARRETT, J., concurring in denial of application for injunc-
tive  relief ).    But  the  Fifth  Circuit  has  not  entered  a  stay 
pending  appeal. 
Instead,  in  an  exercise  of  its  docket-
management authority, it issued a temporary administra-
tive  stay  and  deferred  the  stay  motion  to  a  merits  panel, 
which  is  considering  it  in  conjunction  with  Texas’s  chal-
lenge to the District Court’s injunction of S. B. 4.  Thus, the 
Fifth Circuit has not yet rendered a decision on whether a