Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) on Friday filed an emergency application to the Supreme Court, urging the high court to step in and protect her congressional district from being redrawn before the midterm elections.

A New York state judge last month ruled the Republican’s congressional district is unconstitutional and ordered the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission to create a new map before the midterms.

State Judge’s Ruling To Redraw Congressional Map Threatens GOP-Controlled District

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In an emergency application filed Friday with Justice Sonia Sotomayor, lawyers for Malliotakis argued that a lower court’s “indefensible” ruling to scrap the current 11th Congressional District map was unconstitutional.

“The trial court’s order has thrown New York’s elections into chaos on the eve of the 2026 Congressional Election,” according to the application.

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The filing pleads for an immediate stay before the midterm election season kicks off in less than two weeks.

Attorneys warned the legal limbo was “a recipe for unconstitutional chaos, with no map in place and uncertainty” as the clock ticks toward February 24, when nominating petitions are scheduled to begin circulating.

The long-shot appeal comes weeks after a Manhattan judge ruled the current map — which links Staten Island and Southern Brooklyn — as “unconstitutional.”

Judge Jeffrey Pearlman, who was once a staffer for Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, ordered a new map that would increase the number of minority voters to prevent “unlawful vote dilution,” he wrote in his ruling.

Malliotakis is the lone House Republican to represent a district in New York City.

The decision marked a significant win for Democrats as they attempt to take the House in the midterm elections.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor handles emergency applications arising from New York.

She could decide the matter alone or refer it to the full court for a vote.

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis begs Supreme Court to stop Dems from scrapping NYC’s sole GOP House seat https://t.co/TGudIh3HTc pic.twitter.com/8zYsWcIaA6

— New York Post (@nypost) February 13, 2026

The Hill explained further:

Malliotakis argues it effectively forces the state to racial gerrymander a new district in violation of the federal Constitution’s equal protection guarantee.

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The Supreme Court has not yet docketed the application, but Malliotakis’s lawyers said it was filed this week.

Her emergency ask to the justices comes after New York’s top court ruled it had no jurisdiction to immediately intervene. Malliotakis is still pursuing her remaining state court options, but the new emergency appeal warns the election calendar is moving fast.