High Court Won’t Hear Case Debating Stay For Remanded California Opioid Case

( January 13, 2026, 12:39 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 12 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that argued that the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in finding that a remand order in an opioid XE "opioid"  public nuisance case filed by California is not subject to an automatic stay under the federal officer removal statute....